- Date Of Birth: February 2, 1945
- Date Of Death: October 23, 2019
- State: Idaho
Ron King, 74 passed from the arms of his loving wife into the arms of his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Ron was born on February 2, 1945 to Carroll and Lillian King in Nampa, Idaho.
As a child Ron spent his time hunting and exploring Lake Lowell and the Deer Flat area. He attended school at Sunnyridge, Scism, Central, and graduated from Nampa High School in 1964. Ron met the love of his life, Carolyn Pooley when he was 16 years old, they were married June 26th, 1965. Shortly after, Ron joined the Army and was sent to serve in Vietnam.
In 1974 Ron began working for the Nampa Fire Department doing what he truly loved. He retired after 25 years, serving as Battalion Chief for the last eight. While working for the NFD he started his own business, Ron’s Cycle Repair in 1978.
One of his favorite projects was acting as chairman in the Helping Hands Program, fixing toys to give to children in need, there was nothing he couldn’t fix! He was instrumental in working on many projects, including NFD’s first squad. He was an inventor at heart; he invented telescopic lights for the Fire Department and many other things to make the firefighters jobs easier.
A special thank you to the Nampa Fire Department for their love and support.
