Larry Edling King, M.D. 84, beloved patriarch of the King/Haddock families, peacefully left mortality on March 1, 2022 after valiantly enduring years of major health problems. The love and focus of his life was his family: wife of 64 years Ann, children Carol Ann (Rex) and Jon (Christine), ten grandchildren Neil, Mary, Jen, Daniel, Aubrey, Maddie, Josh, Nathan, Ben, Abby, and 24 great grandchildren—all of whom love him dearly.

His professional life was spent as a medical doctor serving his patients with his exceptionally good training, understanding, and gentle kindness. His remarkable gift of communicating one- on-one was instrumental in his success as a medical practitioner.

His father, Edgar John King, taught him how to work hard and the importance of listening to other people during personal conversations. His mother, Ida Margaret Edling King, by example showed him righteous living and commitment to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their family lived in the Southern Utah town of Parowan, where he was student body president of the high school. He moved on to Salt Lake City where he graduated from the University of Utah, and then in 1964 received his M.D. degree from the UCLA School of Medicine at Los Angeles.

He was blessed with the honor and responsibility of being a High Priest in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and from the teachings and service rendered there coupled with an insatiable need to know and understand life, he gained a deep and abiding testimony of God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. In his closing years his greatest desire was to help his family learn, through the promptings of the Holy Ghost, how to truly know and follow the Savior.

Reading was his pleasure, his hobby and his outlet from a sometimes disappointing world. Starting in boyhood he was a voracious booklover embracing a multitude of diverse subjects, most recently his choices ranged from topics such as intelligence in plants to human near-death experiences.

His sense of humor was uniquely his own and afforded many a companion a quiet smile on a gloomy day. Just like all of us, he was a fallible human being, but there was never any malice. He didn’t always make the best choices and often went a different path, but while it sometimes caused difficulties, that uniqueness was also part of his charm.

He left the world a better place for having lived in it and having served his fellowmen. His family extends sincere gratitude for the tender care given by the personnel of Quality Hospice, particularly Rachel Reynolds, Maria Colmenero, and Becky Johnson, as well as the residents and entire staff of Barton Creek Senior Living Center.