Stanley
Wilmer
King Class
1940
Branch
of service
U S Army
Air Corps
Rank
Entered service
Discharged
Birth
12/18/1921
Died
2/4/2008
Buried
Trinity
Lutheran
Church
Cemetery.,
Taneytown,
MD
Mr.
Stanley
King
As
originally
published
on
Wednesday,
February
6, 2008.
Stanley
Wilmer
King, age
86, of
Taneytown,
died on
Monday,
Feb. 4,
2008 at
the
Gettysburg
Hospital
in
Gettysburg,
Pa.
Born
Dec. 18,
1921 in
Toliva,
Pa., he
was the
son of the
late
Wilmer O.
and Bessie
(McClain)
King. He
was
predeceased
by his
wife,
Shirley
Jane
(Wilt)
King in
1995.
Stanley
was owner
and
operator
of King's
Plumbing
and
Heating
for more
than 40
years. He
was a
graduate
of
Brunswick
H.S. in
Brunswick.
He was a
veteran of
the U.S.
Army Air
Corps.,
serving
during
WWII. He
was a past
department
commander
of the
American
Legion
Department
of
Maryland,
and was
active in
American
Legion
affairs
since the
early
1950s,
serving as
past
commander
of the
Hesson-Snider
American
Legion,
Post 120
in
Taneytown,
and a
member of
the 40 /
8. Stanley
was an
active
member of
Trinity
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in
Taneytown,
where he
served
many terms
on the
church
council,
and the
church
cemetery
board. He
served on
the board
of
Tressler
Lutheran
Services,
and was
active in
the
Delaware-Maryland
Synod of
the
E.L.C.A.
In 2005 he
received
the Luther
Award for
his
service to
Trinity
Lutheran
Church.
He
was a
member and
past
president
of the
Taneytown
Lions
Club,
where he
was
honored in
2004 as a
Melvin
Jones
Fellow. He
was an
active and
long-time
member of
the
Taneytown
Volunteer
Fire
Dept., and
was an
ambulance
driver,
and member
of the
fire
police. He
was
past-president
of the
Carroll
County
Fire
Police.
Surviving
are a
daughter,
Anne K.
Whaples of
Cambridge;
grandson,
Matthew W.
King of
Cambridge;
step-grandson,
Graham
Whaples of
Severna
Park;
sisters,
Doris
Gentile of
Gambrills,
and Lois
King of
Baltimore;
nephews,
Tony and
Robert
Gentile,
Dr. George
Baumgardner;
and
nieces,
Carolyn
Breitbach,
and Lori
Burkland.
He
was
predeceased
in
addition
to his
wife, by
an infant
son, by a
son-in-law,
Randy N.
Whaples in
2007, and
by a
nephew,
Ralph
Gentile.
A
funeral
service
will be
held at 11
a.m., on
Saturday,
Feb. 9, at
Trinity
Lutheran
Church, 38
West
Baltimore
St.,
Taneytown,
with his
pastor the
Rev.
Nicholas
Brie
officiating.
Interment
will
follow in
the
Trinity
Lutheran
Church
Cemetery.
The family
will
receive
friends
from 2 to
4 and 7 to
9 p.m. on
Friday at
the Myers-Durboraw
Funeral
Home, 136
E.
Baltimore
St.,
Taneytown,
and again
on
Saturday
from 10
a.m. until
the time
of service
at the
church.
Legion
Post 120
services
will be
held at
7:30 p.m.
on Friday
at the
funeral
home. The
Taneytown
Volunteer
Fire Dept.
will be
holding a
service at
8 p.m.
that day
at the
funeral
home