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Sally King Obituary

EASTON Sally Greenleaf (Currier) King, 93, of North Easton, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, in Stoughton, after a long struggle with Alzheimers Disease. She was the widow of Robert D. King. Born Feb. 2, 1915, in Lancaster, N.H, she was a daughter of Earle Dan and Lucy Katherine (Stockwell) Currier, a direct descendant of the founders of the town. Sally met her husband when both were students at the Boston University School of Music. She taught music in the public schools of Rangeley, Maine, New Britain, Conn., and Wakefield. She and her husband operated the Robert King Music Company, publisher and mail-order retailer of music for brass instruments, from their home in North Easton, for 50 years. A violinist, violist and organist, she played in the Brockton Symphony and was organist and choir director at Unity Church in North Easton. She leaves two daughters, Judith Drake King of Farmington, Conn., and Nancy Page King of Cambridge; a son-in-law, Stephen Michael Gryc of Farmington, Conn.; a grandson, William Edward Gryc and his wife Cary Leung of Atlanta, Ga.; and a sister, Polly Noble (Currier) Berry of Brookfield, N.H. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sallys memory to the Easton Historical Society, P.O. Box 3, North Easton, MA 02356. There will be no formal services.

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Published by The Enterprise from Nov. 25 to Nov. 26, 2008.

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Ernie Sabine

November 27, 2008

My sincere and heartfelt condolences to all. Sally was a fine musician and conductor with a caring hand and great wit. I carry fond remembrences of her and the choir at Unity.

Ernie Sabine (still singing tenor at First Parish in Cambridge)

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