GARDEN GROVE
Services will be held Saturday for veteran educator Mary Alice King, who served a record 44 years with the Garden Grove Unified School District. The Garden Grove resident died early Wednesday after a long illness. King began serving the district as a math teacher at Garden Grove High School in 1953. In 1982 she began working as a counselor at La Quinta High School until her retirement in 1997 at age 80. She is survived by two sons, Bill and Orville, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services begin at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Garden Grove, 12761 Euclid St.
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