Joyce Eileen Powers King:  

I was born in Orange, Orange, California. Lived in Burbank all my life except for three years we lived in Honolulu, Hawaii. After WWII my father was sent there to rebuild buildings that were bombed out by the Japanese, which took our country to War. Upon return I attended Thomas Edison Elementary, Luther Burbank Jr. High, then on to BHS. Out of High School I attended Lawton Dental & Medical School in Beverly Hills, LA and became a Dental Assistant. Working for two Oral Surgeons, one in Burbank, Jabe Z. Walker, DDS and DeCosta Clark DDS in Provo, Utah. I married David Foster King, in 1964, a graduate of Burbank High in 1960. We started our lives together in Provo, Utah where David could finish his Accounting degree at Brigham Young University. Our first child was born in Provo...Lance C. King. The other five were born in Burbank, CA. After David's College days we moved back to Burbank and bought a home on Cypress Street in Burbank. Moving again as the family grew to Sherlock Drive in Burbank. All our children went through the Burbank school system and furthered their Education in college with a series of degrees. Kind of proud of them am I. David was the Manageing Partner of his own CPA firm King, King, Alleman and Jensen in Burbank. Their office was in the big black glass building on Magnolia and Glenoaks Blvd. The firm has moved out to Valencia, CA. David was President of the Kiwanis Club, Burbank Chapter in 1983-1984. He also served as the President of the Verduge Hills chapter of BSA. Was on the BSA Council for several years. He was awarded the Silver Beaver. After our first child was born I was very fortunate to become a stay at home Mom! We have 6 children. Four are married with families of their own. Our 4th child, son Patrick has gone to heaven before us, dying on his school (Miller Elementary) playground in Burbank, at the age of almost 9. We have one daughter who is not married. Our children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. We have 14 and 1 step grandchildren. Four Great Grandchildren Lance is a drug Rep for Merck working in Vaccines, with four children Cynthia is a CPA like her Dad. with two children and a step daughter. Wendy is an RN. A Cardaic Nurse. Working for Biocease Webster, Inc as a Clinical Account Specialist with four children. Our youngest son, David Powers King is an Author. His new book "Woven" Has been released by Scholastic Publishing company it is in book stores and online, Amazon, etc. Check it out. He also published "The Undead Road" also available at Amazon, for book or Kindle. Great reads. He is also a Psychometricist/Caseworker 1/CSUDC/Mental Health Professional at the Mental Hospital in Provo, Utah. Also at the hospital he has started a Counseling position for people who have addiction problems. He counsels hard core criminals also. He has 4 children. We moved from Burbank in 2003 to Nauvoo, Illinois. We love the country life. David is still working as a CPA, now through the magic of the internet, the icloud, Fax and phone. He and Cynthia have formed a new Partnership firm, King and Gifford, CPA, Inc. this passed year 2022 David finally Retired from his CPA Practice. Our daughter will be taking over the clients she wants to work with and David will do counseling. He turned 80 this passed September and I’m happy he is out from under the stress of his practice. He stays busy. I have made many new and wonderful friends h...Expand for more