Individual Details
Lucie King
(23 Feb 1911 - 10 Jul 1998)
Events
| Birth | 23 Feb 1911 | Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras, California |  | ||
| Graduation | 1931 | University of Nevada, Reno, Washoe, Nevada | | ||
| Marriage | Marvin Bender Humphrey | ||||
| Obituary | 19 Oct 1974 | ||||
| Death | 10 Jul 1998 | Reno Health Care, Reno, Washoe, Nevada | |||
| Obituary | 14 Jul 1998 | Reno Gazette-Journal - Reno, Washoe, Nevada |  | | |
| Funeral | 14 Jul 1998 | Walton's Sierra Chapel, Reno, Washoe, Nevada | | ||
| Cremation | Sierra Crematory, Reno, Washoe, Nevada | | |||
| Burial | Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe, Nevada | |
Families
| Spouse | Marvin Bender Humphrey (1909 - 1998) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Ralph Mower King (1872 - 1961) |
| Mother | Mabel Grant Plumb (1883 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Ralph Plumb King (1913 - 1985) |
Notes
Obituary
Lucie King Humphrey, age 87, of Reno, NV, died July 10, 1998 at Reno Health Care, Reno. She was born February 23, 1911 in Mokelumne Hill, CA, to Ralph M. King and Mabel Plumb, and had lived in Reno since 1930, coming from Milford, CA. Mrs. Humphrey was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church. She graduated from Lassen County High School in 1927 and from Lassen Junior College in 1929. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Nevada in 1931, and was in the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. In 1944 Lucie was a Sierra Nevada Girl Scouts Board member, then President from 1946-1949, she served over 20 years with three board terms. She then served on a Regional Camp Committee for the Girl Scouts 1949-1952, served on Regional Committee for the Girl Scouts 1963-1966, and was a Volunteer Executive Director of Sierra Nevada Girl Scouts. Lucie founded the Camp Wasiu Girl Scout Camp in 1952. Lucie was President of the Campus YWCA Advisory Board from 1950-1952. She was a member of the Nevada Historical society and the Nevada Horticultural Society, served on the School Board in Plumas County 1933-1934, was a member of the Monday Club, and was on the steering committee for Rancho San Raphael Park. She was Distinguished Alumni at UNR, appointed in 1948 to the Washoe County Committee. In 1949, she was a Charter Member of the Republican Womens Club of Reno and a board member. She was President of the Nevada Federation Republican Women from 1950-1953 and a board member of the Nevada Federation Republican Women in 1953. In 1956 she was appointed an alternate for the Republican National Convention and in 1963 she was a member of the state central committee. Lucie was President of the Republican Women's Club of Reno from 1963-1967. From 1968-1980 she held a Republican party office as a National Committeewoman for the State of Nevada. Surviving are her husband, Marvin B. Humphrey of Reno; so, Joseph King Humphrey of Sun Valley, Idaho; daughters, Ellen Riley and Sarah White, both of Reno, and Barbara Redman of Elko, NV; 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 1998, at the Reno Sierra Chapel at 2 p.m. Cremation will be done at Sierra Crematory under the direction of Walton Funeral Home. A private inurnment will be at the Masonic Memorial Garden. Memorials are being established with Alzheimer's Assoc. of Northern Nevada, P.O. Box 6262, Reno NV 88513 or Shriner Hospital for Children, 4935 Energy Way, Reno NV 89502.Endnotes
1. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 153.
2. "Lucie King Humphrey," obituary, Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 14 July 1998, p. 7D, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).
3. "Lucie King Humphrey," obituary, Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 14 July 1998, p. 7D, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).
4. "Lucie King Humphrey," obituary, Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 14 July 1998, p. 7D, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).
5. "Lucie King Humphrey," obituary, Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 14 July 1998, p. 7D, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).
6. "Lucie King Humphrey," obituary, Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 14 July 1998, p. 7D, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).
7. "Lucie King Humphrey," obituary, Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 14 July 1998, p. 7D, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).