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Wendell Lynn "Chipper" King

Wendell Lynn "Chipper" King

Male 1950 - 2010  (60 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Wendell Lynn King 
    Nickname Chipper 
    Birth 2 Feb 1950  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 19 Feb 1969  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCF-7WP 
    Death 23 Mar 2010 
    Burial West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27177  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Wendell G King,   b. 30 Jun 1925, Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 2015, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Jean Rutter Margetts,   b. 11 Feb 1926, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1987, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1948  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susan Kay Braff 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Travis Lynwood King
    +2. Rian Ashley King
    Family ID F12485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

    Family 2 Gae 
    Family ID F12486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Feb 1950 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 19 Feb 1969 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary: The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) - Friday, March 26, 2010:
      Wendell Lyn King "Chipper" Lyn was the first living child of a famil y o f eight children. He was born to Wendell G King and Jean Rutter M Kin g o n Feb. 2, 1950. He received his mission call to serve in the Los Ange le s Mission. Returning he married Susan Kay Braff. They had two children , T ravis Lynwood and Rian Ashley King. Lyn and Sue divorced but remaine d fri ends. Time passes so quickly. Lyn quietly slipped into the next cla ssroo m for higher education on March 23, 2010.

      He left behind his two loving children, Travis and Rian King Gertsch, a n d a son-in-law Brett P Gertsch. To complete his loving family there w a s a wee one, Mason Parley and a little girl on the way. Knowledge and ' ho w to' came easy for him. No matter the task, all you had to say to hi m wa s 'Lyn you can't do that' and the job was done .

      Lyn graduated from Granite High School and three years of LDS Seminary P r ogram. He graduated from an Advance Electronics special class. He enjoy e d doing things with his hands and was a self taught chef and could coo k a nd set a mean table.

      He is preceded in death by his mother Jean R King and a brother-in-law B a rry Crizer. He is survived by his father Wendell G King and wife Ga e R Ki ng. Also his three brothers Wilford Ross "Bill" (Marcie), Wade G ( Ellen) , Weldon "Rex" (Lanea), and two sisters Melody R (Randy) Olson, an d Wend y Crizer.

      Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010, 2:00 p.m., at Re d wood Memorial Mortuary, 6500 S. Redwood Road.