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John N. King, Jr., 77 of Conway died September 30, 2011 at Mineral Springs in North Conway after a long illness. Born in Conway the son of John and Edna (Webster) King, he was a lifelong resident of the Mt. Washington Valley.
He graduated from Kennett High School in Conway, Class of 1952 and was the recipient of the Sam Fuller Football Award.
Mr. King had been a salesman for New York Life Insurance Company, he had worked at the former Abbott's Dairy in Conway for five years in the early 1960's and he had worked for the former Kancamagus Snowshoe Company for fifteen years.
John was a US Army veteran, a member of Ralph W. Shirley Post # 46 in Conway and a former member of the Conway Village Fire Department.
The family includes two sons, Stephen A. King of Oxford, NC and David J. King of Creedmoor, NC; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren; a brother, Robert J. King of Madison and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his wife of 22 years, Jean (Mason) King, in 1996, his brother, Bruce King, in 1982 and his sister, Elaine Yeaton in 2005.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday October 5, 2011 at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of the Mountains Church in North Conway. Burial will be in Our Lady of the Mountains Cemetery in North Conway. Visiting hours will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway.