Mollie King, 108 of Sterling, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2018 in Sterling. A celebration of Mollie's life will be held at 2 pm, Thursday, July 26 at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home in Sterling, CO. Cremation will take place and there will not be a public viewing. The service will conclude at the funeral home.

The daughter of Adam Sr. and Anna (Sinner) Schoenberg, Mollie was the 7th of 12 children. She was born May 16, 1910, in a home northeast of Sterling. She married Glen King on April 12, 1932 in Sterling, to that union, they welcomed four children, Jessie, Arnold (Dean), Janice and Vicki.

Mollie went to school until the 8th grade at a country school north of Sterling. She had to work from a young age at a variety of jobs, from feeding cowboys and farmhands to house cleaning and field work. She was at cook at Padroni school from 1956-1959. When the family moved into Sterling, she went to work for a Dr. as a housekeeper. She then worked at Logan County Hospital in housekeeping, then as a seamstress until her retirement in 1975.

In her retirement, Mollie had more time to make her wonderful pies, and a family favorite, "Grandma Noodles", and she also began making afghans and beautiful hand pieced quilts for all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A tradition she continued until she could no longer sew them herself. They are treasures for all that have been fortunate enough to have received one. Mollie always had a beautiful yard and garden, that she was very proud of, she canned what she grew, and shared her wonderful bounty with her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents Adam Sr and Anna; husband Glen; siblings, Katherine Schoenberg, Christina Rigel, Adam Schoenberg Jr, Millie Roth, Katie Maggard, Alex Schoenberg, Rosie Harden, Lydia Harden-Hickson, Henrietta (Hattie) Stumpf, Dorothy Dies and Pauline Schaeffer, three of her four children, Jesse Koester, Dean King, Vicki Vaughan and a grandson, Jay King.

Mollie is survived by her daughter Janice Northrup and husband Ron of Stoneham; 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; numerous great-great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.