Eleanor Marian King

Eleanor M King, 89, a resident of the Vancouver community passed away on July 5, 2017 at Peace Health Medical Center in Vancouver
She will be laid to rest next to her husband at Old Scotch Church Cemetery (Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church Cemetery) in Hillsboro.
Eleanor was born on April 3, 1928 in Portland, OR She was the youngest of two children born to Henry and Walborg (Zeilon) Carlson. She was raised in and received  her education in Portland attending Franklin High School graduating with the Class of 1946.
She met her husband, Jack king while at a  dance and they soon began dating. They were married on July 26, 1947 in Portland. Following their marriage they moved to Vernonia and then to Hillsboro until 1965 when they moved to Coos Bay. In 1972 they settled in Vancouver.
Eleanor was a loving and devoted mother to her son, Bruce, she also worked outside the home, first as a Medical Transcriptionist and then as a legal secretary . She enjoyed traveling in their travel trailer, hiking, camp fires and gardening. She painted all of Jacks bird houses and loved to dance.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Jack who passed away in 2008, her parents and a sister; Helene Jorgensen
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law; Bruce and Pam King of Lewiston, ID and a nephew; Perry Jorgensen.