Fred Grant King Ii

Fred Grant King IIFred Grant King II, 81, Tipton, died at 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Tipton Hospital.  He was born in Youngstown, Ohio on August 3, 1925, to Lee H. & Hazel B. (McFarlin) King.  On May 23, 1978, he married Karen E. Austraw who survives.Mr. King graduated in 1948 from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.  He was a registered engineer in Ohio and Indiana and served as an Engineer Officer in the U.S. Navy in WWII and Korea.He spent thirty years in the steel industry starting at U.S. Steel, moving to Youngstown Sheet & Tube as the Chief Plant Industrial Engineer, Youngstown District and retiring from Continental Steel in Kokomo as the General Manager of Production Control.  He was President of King & Company, Inc. at the time of his death.Mr. King served as President of the Mahoning Valley Technical Societies Council and as the Vice President of Region VI of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers.  He was a member of the Youngstown Country Club, Columbia Club in Indianapolis, and a polo referee for the Mahoning Valley Polo Club in Youngstown, Ohio and Longwood Polo Club in Indianapolis.Survivors include his wife Karen, three daughters, Martha Jean King, Washington D.C., Dr. Nancy Louise King (Douglas Martin), Elmira, NY, Elizabeth Anne Battaglia (Charles), West Farmington, Ohio and three sons, John Phillip Gordon King, Maryland, James Alan Fitch King (Christine), Columbia, MO and William Roger Stewart King, Elmira, NY.  Seven grandchildren, Molly Bistarkey (Chris Anderson), Megan Cramer, Ian Martin, Graham Martin, Katherine Battaglia, Nicholas King and Emily King.  Two great-grandchildren, Stephen Bistarkey and Zachary Anderson and a niece, Patricia Scoville.  A son, Fred Grant King III and a sister, Carolyn Powell preceded him in death.Young-Nichols Funeral Home, Tipton was in charge of the arrangements.  Mr. King was cremated and will be interred at the Fitch Family Mausoleum in Belmont Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio at a later date.Memorial contributions may be made to Riley Children’s Foundation, 30 S. Meridian St., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204 for the Riley Children’s Hospital liver transplant program.The King family would like to give special thanks to the nursing staff at Tipton Hospital and Dr. Michael Harper and Dr. Mary Compton  for the extraordinary care given to our loved one.