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From Social Security Indexes
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1908
Death Date: Feb 1982
Social Security Number: redacted
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Michigan
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 49004
Localities: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Parchment, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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From newspaper clipping in Reunion book
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class Levi Lewis King, whose wife resides at 4531 East Main street, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. King, Grand Junction. He was inducted into the navy in May, 1942, and received his "boot" training at Great Lakes, after which he spent 19 months in the South Pacific.
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From Kalamazoo Gazette Feb. 4, 1982:
Comstock Township man killed by passenger train at East Michigan crossing
By MIKE VANBUREN
Gazette Staff Writer
A 74-year-old Comstock Township man, killed Wednesday when his car was struck by an Amtrak passenger train, may not have noticed the train before pulling across the railroad tracks on a private drive in the 8500-block of East Michigan Avenue.
Crew members on Amtrak 350 said Levi L. King, of 6692 E. Main, apparently did not see the train until he was at least part way across the tracks.
King died shortly after 12:30 p.m. when his car was struck broadside by the eastbound train while he was exiting the driveway of Lobretto's Welding Service, 8549 E. Michigan, near 30th Street in Comstock Township.
According to Kalamazoo County sheriff's deputies, King's car was badly mangled when it was carried about 50 feet down the Conrail mainline by the force of the impact and pushed off the south side of the tracks. The train stopped approximately 300 feet from the accident scene they said.
Bernard Potts, the train's engineer, told the Gazette that he sounded the engine's horn when he saw that the man was not going to stop for the crossing. The train was immediately slowed down, Potts said, but could not avoid striking the car just behind the right rear door.
King was alone in the auto at the time of the crash, deputies said.
The Detroit-bound train, which had already been delayed for more than an hour by an inoperable drawbridge near Chicago, was allowed to proceed after stopping at the scene for about 30 minutes, according to Amtrak officials. Other rail traffic was not seriously affected, they said.
There was "some damage" reported to the front of the engine, deputies said.
(Photo of wreckage captioned:
"WEDNESDAY CAR-TRAIN CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP MAN"
"Levi L. King, of 6692 E. Main, died when he drove in front of the train")
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From Kalamazoo Gazette Feb. 5, 1982
KING, Mr. Levi L.,
6692 E. Main St.
Passed away Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 3, 1982. Mr. King was born Feb. 2, 1908, in Grand Junction, Mich., son of Terry and Jessie King and had been a resident here since 1927. He served with the U. S. Navy during W. W. II and was a member of Comstock V.F.W. Post 6252. Before his retirement, he was employed by James River Corp. (KVP Div.). Surviving are his wife, Luda; a foster son, Ron Blair of Kalamazoo; one brother and one sister, Terry King of South Haven and Mrs. Eva Christie of Lawrence. Services will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the
LANGELAND MEMORIAL CHAPEL
622 S. Burdick
with Pastor Charles H. Anderson, of Kalamazoo Covenant Church, officiating. Interment in Mt. Ever-Rest Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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