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Subject: [CAYolo] Katharine Elizabeth (SNOW) KING (1917-2003) (obit.)
Date: 20 Mar 2003 11:34:48 -0700

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Surnames: KING, SNOW, SLOCUM, LYBERGER, VALENTINE, KURTZ, WALLACE
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Kay King

Kay King, surrounded by loved ones, died at her home at dawn on March 17, 2003, after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 85.

Katharine Elizabeth Snow was born on July 7, 1917, in Chico. Her father was Raymond Snow of Durham, Maine, a Mayflower descendent who came to California at the turn of the century and became a rancher and businessman. Her mother was Caroline Slocum Snow of Magalia, whose parents were early California pioneers and owned a silver mine in Butte County.

As a young person, King was an accomplished horsewoman and artist. She attended Chico State College and UC Berkeley, where she majored in art history. After college, she won a scholarship to study fashion design in New York City but the outbreak of World War II kept her in California.

She was working as a court recorder in Berkeley when she met Walter King. They married after a brief courtship just before the Navy shipped him to North Africa. They lived in Berkeley after the war, began a family, and moved to Sebastopol in 1949, where they grew apples. In 1958, they moved to the Stockton area, where Kay worked as an administrative assistant at a fiberboard plant.

The family moved to Davis in 1962. She worked at the physical plant at UC Davis and as a legal assistant for a local lawyer before finding her niche as the court clerk in Davis. She retired shortly after being widowed and devoted herself to her many interests. She was a peace activist and an avid and knowledgeable horticulturist known for her enchanted gardens. She served on several city and county committees, where she was noted for her sharp wit and intelligence and her commitment to affordable senior housing in Davis.

She is remembered for her beautiful garden, great cooking, love of family and friends, kindness and generosity, sense of humor, service to community, insatiable curiosity, inventiveness, boundless creativity, unique spirit and the incredible ability to turn lemons into lemonade.

She is survived by daughter Lynda King and her husband Dale Lyberger; daughters Denise King and Beth Valentine; granddaughter Amy Kurtz and her husband Brian Kurtz; grandson Ben Lyberger and his fiance Cayce Wallace, and grandson Abe Valentine. Additional survivors include great-grandchildren Emma and Samantha Kurtz, and Alex and Shealyn Wallace. She also is missed by many nieces and nephews, wonderful friends, neighbors, and a large extended family.

Memorial contributions may be made to Yolo Hospice or the Davis Senior Citizens' Building Fund.

A memorial service will be held later this spring in her garden.

(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Wednesday, March 19, 2003, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

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