Richard King, 72, Norfolk

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR 72 YEAR OLD RICHARD “DICK” KING, OF 296 OLD MARKET ROAD NORFOLK, WILL BE AT 1P.M. MONDAY AT THE CHURCH OF THE VISITATION IN NORFOLK, WITH REV. ANDREW AMYOT,PASTOR, PRESDING .

SPRING BURIAL WILL BE IN THE VISITATION CEMETERY.

MR. KING DIED THURSDAY AT CANTON-POTSDAM HOSPITAL.

CALLING HOURS WILL BE HELD FROM 7P.M. TO 9P.M. ON SATURDAY, AND 2-4 AND 7-9 PM ON SUNDAY AT THE BUCK FUNERAL HOME IN NORWOOD.

MR. KING WAS A NYS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OFFICER FOR 30 YEARS, HE RETIRED AS AN LIEUTENANT.

HE SERVED FIVE YEARS AS THE NORFOLK CHIEF OF POLICE RETIRING IN 1995.

MR. KING WAS BORN NOVEMBER 22, 1935 IN NORWOOD, THE SON OF KENNETH AND DORIS BOCKUS KING, HE GRADUATED FROM NORWOOD-NORFOLK CENTRAL SCHOOL IN 1955.

HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AND SERVED IN GERMANY.

HE MARRIED ALICE JOAN DAVEY ON MAY 24,1958.

SURVIVING BESIDES HIS WIFE ARE TWO SONS MATTHEW AND HIS COMPANION KAREN SALO, ORANGE, VIRGINIA AND KENNETH AND HIS COMPANION ALICE DAVID, RICHMOND, VA. AND FOUR DAUGHTERS MRS. ALAN AND LISA MILLS, BOONVILLE, LORRAINE “CURLY” KING, NORFOLK , MRS. TONY AND JENNIFER BAILEY, MALONE NY, AND MRS JOSEPH AND MARY LoTEMPLIO, MORRISONVILLE, NY, 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. TWO BROTHERS BERNARD KING OF NORFOLK, NY AND LLOYD KING OF NORFOLK, NY. THREE SISTERS MRS. BEVERLY AVADIKIAN POTSDAM, NY, MRS. DONALD DAWN LaBARGE NORFOLK, NY, AND MRS. DALE RITA LaVIGNE NORFOLK, NY.

HE WAS A COMMUNICANT OF THE CHURCH OF THE VISITATION AND SERVES AS AN R.C.I.A. CATHICIST.

MR. KING LOVED HUNTING AND FISHING AND BEING IN THE WOODS. HE ALSO ENJOYED POETRY AND MUSIC.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE NORFOLK RESCUE SQUAD OR TO THE CHURCH OF THE VISITATION.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE WITH THE BUCK FUNERAL HOME IN NORWOOD.