As a youngster Jack shunned the life of a farmer in Kansas and left home at an early age riding the rails around the southwest. He worked odd jobs but he loved construction. He finally settled down in Washington and married Cecilia Ruby Edith Clark King and helped raise her two children George and Harry King. In Seattle he worked in the circulation department for a newspaper. During World War II he moved to Richmond, California and worked for Todd California Shipbuilding Corporation. Following the War, he and Cecil moved to Denver where once again he worked in sales and then in construction. Unfortunately, he took a fall from two stories of a building site. He broke every bone in his feet. After that he and Cecil managed an apartment complex called La Paloma. In the 1960s his sister Biah Kuhnle and her two daughters, Robin and Kale, visited them and had a grand family adventure traveling to Leadville, Colorado and experiencing Jack's sense of humor and his love of the mountains. Coming down the mountains the clan had an old fashioned picnic served by Cecil who never went anywhere without white gloves including a picnic.
As a youngster Jack shunned the life of a farmer in Kansas and left home at an early age riding the rails around the southwest. He worked odd jobs but he loved construction. He finally settled down in Washington and married Cecilia Ruby Edith Clark King and helped raise her two children George and Harry King. In Seattle he worked in the circulation department for a newspaper. During World War II he moved to Richmond, California and worked for Todd California Shipbuilding Corporation. Following the War, he and Cecil moved to Denver where once again he worked in sales and then in construction. Unfortunately, he took a fall from two stories of a building site. He broke every bone in his feet. After that he and Cecil managed an apartment complex called La Paloma. In the 1960s his sister Biah Kuhnle and her two daughters, Robin and Kale, visited them and had a grand family adventure traveling to Leadville, Colorado and experiencing Jack's sense of humor and his love of the mountains. Coming down the mountains the clan had an old fashioned picnic served by Cecil who never went anywhere without white gloves including a picnic.
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Ashes scattered in the Rocky Mountains outside of Denver, Colorado
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