Jean King Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Jean King (Saint-Marys, Ontario), born in Guelph, Ontario, who passed away on March 24, 2021, at the age of 100, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her husband Robert B. King; her parents, Joseph Swancar and Mabel Bowen; her siblings, David (Gwen) and Dorothy; and her daughter Elizabeth.

She is survived by: her children, John (Jane) of Wyevale, Paul (Patrick) of St. Marys and Alyson Driedger (Karl); and her grandchildren, Jacob (Lorraine), Jonathan, Michael (Adrienne), Joanna (Eugene), Meghan (Ryan) and David (Gina). She is also survived by five great-grandchildren.

One pandemic indirectly resulted in her birth and the isolating lockdown of a second pandemic broke her spirit. Her parents met and married during the 1919 influenza pandemic (with her father as an influenza patient and her mother as his nurse) and Jean's life ended during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Memorial donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders or St. James Anglican Church (St. Marys).