Leo King

Leo D. King NORFOLK - Retired Lt. Cmdr. Leo Donald "Donnie" King died Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at New York University Medical Center, New York City. Born April 26, 1948, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Donnie graduated from Loretto Catholic High School in 1966. He entered the U.S. Navy at the Recruit Training School at Great Lakes, Ill., and served the following venues: Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes; Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.; Quang Tri, Vietnam; VA-304, Alameda, Calif.; Data Systems Tech A School, Vallejo, Calif.; USS Nassau; Fleet Combat Training Center, Dam Neck, Va.; USS Connolly (Commissioned); USS Claude V. Ricketts; USS Goldsborough; AEGIS Training Center Dahlgren, Va.; USS Belieau Wood; AEGIS Training Center, Dahlgren, Va.; and most recently at SAIC/Naval Network Warfare Command. He is survived by his mother, Lois Stevenson Ryan; wife, Susan King; children, Eric, Leo II, Jane (Shane) Gallagher, Lisa and Michael; his former wife, Robin King; siblings, Karen (Wayne) Smith, Philip King, Lois Beth (Bill) McLeod; Jocelyn (Mike) Savoie and Wendy Krause; grandchildren, Skyler, Zane and Aislyn; and several aunts, uncles nieces and nephews, stepbrothers, Jim Ryan, Tony Ryan, Tim Ryan and Tom Ryan. He was predeceased by his father, Leo John King in 1961; grandparents, Leo and Leona King, Jim and Ethel Stevenson; and stepgrandfather, Isaac Watson. Visitation will be today from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Clark Bailey Newhouse Funeral Home, Sault Ste. Marie. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. with Deacon Bill Piche officiating. Final resting place will be Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the American Legion Auxiliary or the charity of one's choice would be appreciated.