Wallace and Prisca in 1957
OBITUARY
Wallace Bowen King
Jan. 25, 1936 - July 12, 2017
Wallace Bowen King died Wednesday, July 12, 2017 surrounded by loved ones. Wallace will be greatly missed by his wife, Prisca; five children and their spouses; 18 grandchildren; and his five siblings and their families.
A viewing will be held from 7-9 p.m., Friday, July 21, 2017, at the LDS Beaverton Stake Center located at 4195 S.W. 99th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97005.
A memorial will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 22, 2017, at the same location.
Please sign the online guest book at www.oregonlive.com/obits
Published in The Oregonian from July 18 to July 19, 2017
FROM FACEBOOK
Wendy King Bentley with David Foster King.
August 6, 2017
Wallace Bowen King, BHS class of 1954, passed away on July 12, 2017 in Oregon. He was the son of former Burbank Mayor - Carl M. King and Virginia King. His siblings also attended BHS and are alive and well. Larry King, Sharon Mortenson, David Foster King, Dennis King and Leon King. He was a great man who loved his family, friends and God.
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 UPDATE
Today we received a lovely email from David King, brother of Wallace, which we will post here. We corrected our entry which showed Wallace as a 1955 grad and it should have been 1954.
Dear Cathy,
Thank you for maintaining the Burbank High Blog. I am from the BHS Class of 1960. I married Joyce Powers BHS ’61 in 1964. Joyce and I had lockers across the hall from each other in the auditorium building. After graduation from Brigham Young University in 1967, we returned to Burbank to make a home and raise six children. Four of them, Lance, Cynthia, Wendy, and David graduated from BHS also. 1960 was the 50th anniversary year for BHS. I was the managing partner of a CPA firm in Burbank until 2003 when we gave up metropolitan for the country in Nauvoo, Illinois. We purchased 20 acres and build our dream home on the property just a mile from the Mississippi River. See the attached photo. We have fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
My sister, Sharon King Mortenson ’59, passed away recently and I noted her information is in your blog and in the recent issue of Senior Bulldogs Newsletter. Thank you. My older brother, Wallace B. King, was in the BHS Class of 1954. He passed away in 2017. His information does not appear in the blog except for his senior photo in the copy of the 1954 Ceralbus in your blog. Perhaps I can give you some information now that you can post to the blog and perhaps get into the Senior Bulldogs Newsletter. His wife, Prisca, was also a BHS grad, class of ’61. They married in 1961. See the attached resume and obituary for Wallace. Wallace was a track star at BHS. He holds the school record for the longest softball throw. He was a prolific writer. See the attached Memorial Service program and the lyrics he wrote for the popular tone, My Way, made popular by Frank Sinatra.
If any other information would be helpful, let me know.
Sincerely,
David King
P.O. Box 130
Nauvoo, IL 62354
217-453-6321
217-357-4133 Cell
