John Mark King Jr.

JOHN MARK KING JR.

Wellman

John Mark King Jr. was born Oct. 7, 1931, near Wellman, Iowa, the son of John M King Sr. and Mary (Marner) King. He spent his teen years in Wisconsin and went to Europe for two years before returning to the Wellman area. John Mark married Ruth Yoder in October 1957. John Mark worked with his backhoe in the surrounding communities for more than 50 years. John Mark enjoyed going to new places. During his last year, he traveled to see family and talked on the phone with many friends. John Mark will go on living in eternity because his hope was in Jesus Christ, his Savior, as described in the Bible's words of life, which he read daily. John passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Colonial Manor in Amana at the age of 89 years.

He is survived by his children, David (Susan) of Shenandoah, Iowa, Mary Lou (Parag) Adalja-King of New Canaan, Conn., Barb (Kevin) Thumma of Cedar Rapids and Janelle (Scott) Houge of Metamora, Ill. He also is survived by his sisters, Elsie Horst of Sarasota, Fla., and LoraLee (Allen) Stutzman of Stanford, Mont.; and 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Ruth.

A Celebration of Life service will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3, 2021, at the West Union Mennonite Church, rural Parnell. Burial will be in the West Union Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time. Memorial funds will be given to Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Disaster Service. Powell Funeral Home is caring for John and his family. Messages and tributes may be sent to the family at www.powellfuneralhomes.com