Wasco-Umatilla-Clackamas County OR Archives Obituaries.....King, Ellen "Mikie" Kay March 1, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 6, 2006, 2:43 pm The Dalles Chronicle, March 3, 2005 Ellen "Mikie" Kay King, 53, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local hospital on Tuesday, March 1, 2005, due to complications of pancreatic cancer. She was born March 16, 1951 in The Dalles, the second of three children to Johnnie Gene and Ruth Ellen (Denley) King. She grew up in The Dalles, California and parts of Washington State. She attended and graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with an Associates Degree as an administrative assistant. She worked with insurance companies in Hermiston, Lake Oswego and The Dalles, but was better known as a 911 dispatcher locally. She loved spending time with her family and enjoyed animals, the Oregon Coast, Reno, Las Vegas, and helping senior citizens. She is survived by her close longtime friend, Pam Walsborn, The Dalles; her sister, Marla and her husband, Bob Storm, Hermiston; her brother, Larry King, The Dalles; numerous uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and many close loving friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, maternal grandparents, Ray and Marge Denley and paternal grandparents, Hazel and Lafe King. Memorial services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home at 2 p.m.on Saturday, March 5, 2005 with Rev. Dr. Lynnea Lindsey officiating. Cremation will be held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Home at Last Animal Friends, PO Box 390, The Dalles, OR 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/k/king968gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb