Kenneth King, 69 a resident of Redwood Falls for 67 years, died Tuesday evening at Redwood Falls hospital of a self-inflected shotgun wound. The injury was in the stomach area and a 12 gauge shotgun was found beside him in the basement of his home, 510 East Plum Street.  He had been in poor health for years.  Redwood Falls ambulance crew took him to the hospital where he died a few hours later.  Dr. James B Flinn, deputy Redwood county coroner, signed the death certificate. 

     Services will be held Friday at the Hoepner funeral home with Howard Bloomquist; pastor of the Church of Christ, officiating.  Pallbearers will be Clarence Breitkreutz and Howard Gaffney of Renville, Rolland Gaffney of Maynard, Ralph Gaffney of Minneapolis, Harold Arnett and Glenn Von Mosch. Interment will be in the Redwood Falls cemetery.

     Mr. King was born August 25, 1900 in Heron Lake, a son of Ernest and Emma Moore King. The family moved to Redwood Falls in 1903 and he married Ruth Gaffney in the Middle Creek Evangelical United Brethren church parsonage December 23, 1938. They lived in Redwood Falls where he worked for the public utilities commission from 1936 to 1948. He worked at the carpenter trade until retiring in 1962. 

     Survivors include his wife, Ruth; a son, Robert of Minneapolis; daughter, Mrs. Dennis (Ann) Dewing of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Mrs. David (Janet) Duncan of Nevis; six grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Paul (Grace) Christensen of St. Paul. Two brothers preceded him in death.