Lois Anne King

Lois Anne King, 94, of Sedalia, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2026, at Primrose Retirement Community in Sedalia.

She was born on March 14, 1932, in Galt, IA. Her parents were Harold J. Moellering and Lillie Pearl Moore. Her siblings were Edith (1930), Margaret (1933), and twins Louise and Lucille (1936). Lois was raised in Iowa City and graduated from Iowa City High School in June 1950. She then attended The State University of Iowa, Iowa City. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in art, in June of 1955. This included five quarters of credit from the Art Institute of Chicago.

She worked as a clerk-typist for several years at the University of Iowa library before moving to Riverside, California. She was employed as a key-punch operator at March Air Force Base. She then moved to San Bernardino where she was a social worker for the county.

After three years in San Bernardino, she moved to San Diego and was employed as a Senior Social Worker and then as a Deputy Probation Officer.

On March 14, 1969, she married Carlton J. King in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carl was a Navy chief and retired as an E8 after 24 years active duty. After retiring, he then worked as an accountant for Ace Hardware in San Diego. He has four children from a previous marriage.

They are Barton King (1951) who resides in New Hampshire, Wendy King (1957) who resides in Washington State, Barry King (1959) who resides in Oregon and Michael King (1961) who resides in the Philippine Islands.

In April of 1991, we moved to Sedalia and became active in our hobbies. We both square danced and were members of a camping club. Loi bowled and took art classes at Central Missouri University. She was a member of Sedalia Visual Art Association for many years. She was also a member of the Mid-Mo Art Association in Warrensburg.

Lois has won numerous prizes and awards with her painting at local art shows. She has been accepted in the Top 50 at the Missouri State Fair many times.

Lois and Carl have been members of Wesley United Methodist Church since 1991 when they moved to Sedalia.

Carl and Lois also had a business, selling stamps to collectors. They did a lot of traveling through the Midwest and going to stamp shows. Lois also sold watercolor paintings at outdoor art fairs.

Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2026, at Heckart Funeral Home in Sedalia. Inurnment will follow at Highland Sacred Gardens Cemetery in Sedalia. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Sedalia Visual Arts Association.