IRENE MARIE TRAASDAHL KING
ST. GEORGE- Irene Marie Traasdahl King, 84, died Thurs. January 25,2007, at the home of a daughter in Hurricane, UT.
She was of Norwegian ancestry, the sixth of eight children born to Otto Birger Traasdahl and Anna Pauline Erickson who immigrated to America in search of religious freedom. Irene was born in Thatcher, Idaho on Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1922.
Irene attended school in Grace and Preston Idaho, and graduated from Ogden High.
She married Newel L. King in the Logan LDS Temple June 6th, 1941.
Irene dedicated her life to the loving service of her family. The life she lived was an example of her love of, Christ.
Surviving are four daughters and one son: Sonja Ann Freeman and husband Ron, Hurricane, UT, Judy Larsen and husband Scott, Santa Clara, UT, Angela Meyer and husband Val, Oroville, CA, Lana Carlson and husband Brad, Phoenix, AZ, and Ted King and wife Cindy, Lewiston, Utah. Irene is also grandmother to 24 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are one brother, Edward (Ted)Traasdahl, Phoenix, AZ, and a sister, Mitzi Pence, Pleasant Grove, UT. Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Newel Lavere King, three sisters, Beverly, Elin and Ann, and two brothers, Osborne (Frosty) and Carl.
Funeral services will be held Tues., January 30, at 12:30 P.M. in the Lewiston 4th Ward chapel, 16 So. Main, in Lewiston, Utah, Bishop Donald Baldwin conducting. Friends and family may call from 10:00-12:00 prior to the services. Interment will be in the Lewiston City Cemetery