Leone King

Vera Leone King of Carlyle died Friday, August 29, 2008 at the Carlyle Healthcare Center at the age of 94 years. She was born in Oskaloosa Township, Clay County, Illinois on September 18, 1913 the daughter of Alvin and Mary (Eckhoff) King.Leone attended McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois and later operated a beauty shop in Breese for many years before retiring. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Carlyle, Clinton County Farm Bureau, Carlyle Senior Citizens and had served for many years on boards with the Southwest Illinois Agency on Aging. Leone is survived by cousins, a niece and nephew and many friends.Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at the First United Methodist Church in Carlyle with Rev. Keith Michaels officiating. The interment will follow at Carlyle Cemetery.
Friends may visit with the family at the First United Methodist Church in Carlyle on Tuesday from 9 to 11:00 A.M.Expressions of sympathy may be made in Leone’s memory to the First United Methodist Church or to the Carlyle Senior Citizens Center, and those will be received at the Frerker Funeral Home which is serving the family.Expressions of sympathy can be sent to the King family at www.frerkerfuneral.com .