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WENDY KING Obituary
WENDY
Age 92, on Monday, December 7, 2015, of Green Tree, PA. Wife of the late Ed King; aunt of Dr. Victor Amato, Dr. Christopher Amato, Roxane Stewart and Sharon Blake; great-aunt of Nicholas, Alexander and Eric Amato, Christopher Gaal, Corinna Fox, Kenneth Braden Blake III and Elliot Stewart Blake; also survived by Barbara Cantwell, her loving caregiver. She will be missed by friends and her many Party Line fans. A memorial service is being planned for the Spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to University Archives of Duquesne University (checks payable to Duquesne University) Gumberg Library, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15282 for the preservation of the Ed King Memorial Collection.
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March 4, 2021
Everyone in Rillton loved you!
November 23, 2020
Art Pallan always enjoyed your friendship along with Ed. Jack Bogut & Sterling Yates & Johnny Costa & Josie Carey & John Cigna & Rege Cordic & Eleanor Schano & Clark Race admired your style! Thanks for your years that you spent with us!
Bruno our favorite wrestler always commented on your show. He loved you & Ed. Partyline was the best radio show years ago. We enjoyed talking to you & winning the prizes!
Ame Caline
Michel Polnareff
Laurie Lokash
November 2, 2017
As a child I would listen to the Halloween ghost stories by Ed and Wendy King. I spent many great nights listening with my parents! Thank you Wendy for those special memories. I wish KDKA would bring those recordings back around that time of the year so a lot of us could take a trip down memory lane! I'm sure you and Ed will be broadcasting from station HEVN!
February 4, 2016
I am so sorry to read this. I listened to them from far away in St. Louis. I was 10 at the time I started, and they got me into listening to distance stations in the night. Wendy (and Ed) had such pleasing and comfortable voices and they were pioneers in talk radio. AM radio now bears no resemblance to them. I loved their show and started to ask my parents for Christmas presents of resources they would use on the air like the World Almanac and CV desk encylopedia. I listened to them up till the time that Ed passed away.
I always wanted to write a letter to Wendy to express my grateful thanks to her for all that she and Ed gave to me and other dedicated listeners from distant places in the night. Pittsburgh, you were and are lucky to have them (and KDKA - the best station). Prayers to her friends and family, and know that she is with Ed now doing the nightly show forever! God Bless!
John Williams
December 13, 2015
A warm spot in my heart will always be there in memory of Wendy, her passing saddens me greatly. I have had the personal honor of truly knowing Wendy and Ed, I was their neighbor beginning in 1952. As a young boy, I cut their grass, plowed their snow and delivered their Pittsburgh Press for many years. WENDY EVEN KEPT MY High School picture on display in her home. My fond memories of this genuine and wonderful lady will last forever. See you in Heaven later Wendy....Johnny
Mike Silverstein
December 12, 2015
Cherished memories. "Hello, Party Line!" So many of us can still recall the cheerful voices of Ed and Wendy greeting their callers. There was a sense of family and a spirit of kindness and optimism about the Kings. The more I see of the world, the more I realize how lucky we were to be in Pittsburgh in the 50's and 60's. And Ed and Wendy King were part of those wonderful years. Sweet dreams.
December 10, 2015
Wendy had been our next door neighbor for the last 18 years and has left behind so many wonderful memories of her. She was one our dearest friends, and one of the best people we have ever known in our lives. We never took for granted how lucky we were to have her so close to us. I was one of the last people to speak with her when the paramedics arrived and she still had it in her to try and make everyone feel comfortable and laugh. She was special that way. We also took a great deal of comfort in knowing her caretaker Barb was there to watch over her, a lovely person in her own right, and a friend as well. We wake every day looking out at her home and miss her terribly. A deep sadness, yet grateful for the time we had together. We loved her very much.
The Stoviaks
Nancy Bauer
December 10, 2015
So many fond memories of the Party Line show! Ed and Wendy were a fixture at our house. I wish there was something like that for kids these days to listen to - a couple who were both funny and kind.
Jay Conley
December 10, 2015
I was in the engineering department at KDKA in the late 1960s and part of my duties was to work the last hour of Party Line. It was always interesting and often informative. Ed and Wendy were well respected and admired by their listeners and all who knew them. Rest well my dear friends.
Russ
December 9, 2015
The Ghost Stories they used to tell around Halloween were unforgettable.
Joyce Ferrelli
December 9, 2015
Wendy, thank you for all the wonderful memories.
Kathy P.
December 9, 2015
I'm still shaking my empty purse at the full moon. Fond memories. Rest in peace with Ed.
Alice Gretch
December 9, 2015
Wendy, you and Ed can start a new talk show in heaven now.
As children, we were permitted to stay up on Friday and Saturday nights (if I recall) to solve the Party Pretzel (I think that was the name of the question). If I remember correctly, the question was given before the 11 pm news. We would run to our encyclopedias and try to look up the answer to be one of the first correct callers once the news was over.
It was a highlight of my childhood trying to answer the "trivia" question correctly. I had the pleasure of meeting you and Ed (since I am older can't recall the details) as we were from Dormont and you were close in proximity, in Greentree.
Thank you for providing us enjoyable entertainment as we grew up.
Susan Forman
December 9, 2015
Thanks to Wendy for many years of hiding under the covers, as a child, with the radio on constantly enjoying her and the wonderful Ed King! May they be in heaven together and entertaining everyone up there. May their memory always be a blessing to all who remember this lovely couple!
Pat and Dan Belisario
December 9, 2015
Hi Wendy, thanks for sharing all the good stories and great fun. I spend many a night listening to your program. Please say hello to Ed when you see him. King at night and Rege Cordic in the AM. God Bless.
Debra & Ed
December 9, 2015
Wendy and Ed are reunited at Heavens Gate. God bless you and your family during this incredibly sad time.
DJ M
December 9, 2015
Wendy and Ed's program was a memorable part of my childhood. What a golden radio program they had. I fell asleep often to their comforting voices :D
May they rest in peace - together again. Thank you both for sharing your talent.
Richard Wells
December 9, 2015
Wendy and Ed's Party Line helped me through the difficulties of adolescence in the 1960's. Their kindness and soothing nature was palpable through the Bakelite radio at the head of my bed. I've often thought of them over the years. Wendy was a special lady.
George Lauderbaugh
December 9, 2015
I loved to listen to Party Line in the 1950s and 60s. I wrote a review for my school newspaper and sent it to KDKA. Wendy wrote back, I still have the card. Ed and Wendy had a family oriented show. How I miss that!
George Lauderbaugh
December 9, 2015
Oh my what wonderful memories Wendy King's name brings back. I would listen with my Aunt, when I was a child, and fall asleep to the Ed and Wendy show. I have thought of that show so many times, but have never found anything that even came close to it.
My prayers are with your family.
Joyce
Tucson, AZ
alan friedman
December 9, 2015
I never knew Mrs (or Mr) King personally, but I do recall listening to them on the radio in the 1960s. Though I don't quite recall the topics on their show, I do remember it was always pleasant & good natured. Too bad that talk radio has morphed into it's current state.
My sympathy to the King family for your loss.
alan friedman
December 9, 2015
I never knew Mrs (or Mr) King personally but do remember listening to them on radio in the 1960s. I don't quite recall the exact type of topics they covered, but I do recall it was always pleasant & good natured. Too bad talk radio now has morphed into it's current state.
It would be great to turn back the clock to the King's type of show.
Tom
December 9, 2015
When I was child I had a home-made crystal radio. I went to sleep many, many nights with "Party Line" coming through those old WWII headphones. RIP
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