| Last Name: | Denison |
| First Name: | Elma |
| Second Name: | Jeane |
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| Sex: | Female |
| Birth Date: | Jun 15, 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Avoca, MI |
| Death Date: | Aug 27, 2008 |
| Death Place: | Pocomoke City, MD |
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| Branch: | Rusholme |
| Notes: | Photo provided by Tim Martin - 09 2021
Obituary provided by Eric Fenton
Jeane Denison King was born Elma Jeane Denison June 18, 1929 in Avoca, Michigan. She passed into the
loving arms of her Savior on August 27, 2008. Her parents, Frederick and Elma (Overbaugh) Denison were
Canadians who had met and married in Florida. They moved back north after a catastrophic hurricane had
destroyed their home in Palm Beach in 1928. Her father found work on the Wurzel farm near Port Huron,
Michigan. He died a couple of years later as a result of a farm accident. Her mother then married Milton
Kettlewell, a widower from Croswell where Jeane enjoyed a wonderful childhood among a large extended
family. She graduated from Croswell-Lexington High School in 1947 and married Omar Fenton. They had 4
children in addition to his son from a previous marriage. She was the proprietor of Flowers by Jeane in Croswell
from 1955 to 1961 when she and Omar divorced. She and the children moved to Port Huron where she worked
at Sperry’s Department Store. She married Arnold King in 1962. Arnold’s work took the family to Saginaw in
1967 where Jeane found her love of helping people fulfilled in real estate sales. She and Arnold next moved to
Florida in 1975 where she was the broker proprietor of King Realty World in Delray Beach. In 2000 they both
retired to Pocomoke City, Maryland to be near Arnold’s son Ralph. Jeane continued to help people find their
dreams working part-time in real estate. She was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church where she was a
member of the Altar Guild and a regular at the women’s Bible study. She is survived by Arnold King her
husband of 46 years, brothers Fred Denison of St. Mary’s, Georgia, Bill Kettlewell of Traverse City, Michigan,
her sister Gale (Kettlewell) Lindke of Maumee, Ohio, , her step-sister Dorothy (Kettlewell) Spencer of Peck,
Michigan, her children Eric Fenton of San Antonio, Texas, Frank Fenton of Delray Beach, Florida, John
Fenton of Grass Lake, Michigan and Laura (Fenton) Kohldorfer of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, her step-sons,
Larry Fenton of Lexington, Michigan, Ralph King of Pocomoke City, Maryland, 13 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren. |
| Cemetery: | Spting Hill Cemetery, Avoca, MI, USA |
| Section: | Next to |
| Plot: | parents |
| Individual record created: | Jan 09, 2000 at 4:46:55 PM |
| Individual record last updated: | Feb 03, 2024 at 12:58:38 PM |
| Spouses: |
King/Arnold
Fenton/Omar Mills |
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| Elma Jean Denison |
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