William Kenneth King

William Kenneth King passed away on February 28, 2025 at Medicalodges on Midland in Coffeyville, Kansas.

Kenneth was born March 7, 1927 in his grandfather's house in the Verdigris River bottoms known as horseshoe lake Montgomery County, Kansas. His father Clifford Walter King also born in 1901in the same house, in the Verdigris River bottoms. His mother Gertrude Elsie (Sneed) King was born in Piggott Arkansas.

Kenneth is preceded in death by his parents his sister Rita Marvette Scott and her husband Donald Neil Scott, and his wife Ruth (Wade) King.  Kenneth had one child, Cherri Elaine (King) Nesvold husband Dean, one grandson Dustin Thomas Kaufman one great grandson Koy William Kaufman they live in Hobbs New Mexico, one granddaughter Samantha Elaine (Kaufman) Marshall husband Robert of Mechanicsburg Illinois. Kenneth adopted and raised a stepson, Roger King of California. Kenneth courted Ruth Wade in Coffeyville and Cherryvale they were married October 30 1948 in Bartlesville OK. They made their home in Coffeyville and lived on Martin St. many years. Kenneth was a machinist and worked at Charles Wheatley Company and Judd Valve in Caney, Ks. until he retired.

Kenneth also farmed with his father on Walter and Gertrude's farm on the Southeast corner of the municipal air base north of Coffeyville. Ruth and Kenneth moved to the rural Montgomery County, on route 2 in the early 1980's. They both loved living there with his cows and dogs, Ruth with her house, her yard and her garden. Kenneth loved Quail hunting. He always hunted with his dogs, both setters and later Weimaraner’s. Kenneth later hunted Whitetail deer; he told me he shot his first deer in 1956. Kenneth spent his final years living beside his daughter Cherri and son-in-law Dean and his two calico cats Mollie and Debra Sue of the home.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel, 2405 Woodland Ave., Coffeyville, Kansas at 11am. Kenneth will be laid to rest next to his wife in Fairview Cemetery at a private burial. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 also at the chapel from 5-7 pm. The family requests memorial contributions to be made in Kenneth’s memory to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice and may be left in care of the chapel. To leave an online message of condolence or share a memory at www.fordwulfbrunschapel.com