He lived his life pre­paring himself and his children for their heavenly home and as a testimony of his firm belief in the saving power of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

He was born in New Plymouth, ID on November 24th, 1936, the only son of Charles and Elsa King. He was later joined by two sisters, Juni St. Clair and Kay (Roy) Coats all of Boise. He attended school in New Plymouth and attended the Conservative Baptist Church in New Plymouth. In 1955 he mar­ried a Sunday School classmate, Helen Inwards, and they recently celebrated 55 years of great friendship, love and adventure. Following their marriage, Delane and Helen moved to the Boise area, settling in their Meridian home where they raised the six children who joined them on their lifetime adventure. They are Mike (Kellie) King, Kuna; Jerri (Lee) Wine, Meridian; Bob (Judy) King, Meridian; Larry (Deirdre) King, Grangeville; Kym King, Meridian; and Jim King of Boise. After the children were raised, Delane and Helen relocated to Boise and fol­lowing retirement, they settled in Kuna. They attended the Kuna Baptist Church, where Delane was serving as a deacon at the time of his death.

Delane had many hobbies including leatherwork, woodwork, tinkering with old cars, fishing and camping; but his most favor­ite thing was taking an old relic of a house and restoring it to its former beauty and usefulness. The home in Meridian was an excellent example of his talent and skill. He started with an old farmhouse that had been vacant for twenty years and transformed it into a beautiful six bedroom home. He built a cabin on West Mountain in Cascade and his children and grandchildren have many fond memories of “hanging out” with Poppy and Grandma in the “green house” on “Papa King’s mountain” where they played, hiked and fished with him at every opportunity.

Delane’s sense of humor was always there, just waiting for a chance to jump out. He loved nicknames and among those that are used to this day by his children and grandchildren are “Zeke”, “Chatty Kathy”, “Rooster”, “Tanglefoot”, “Elmer”, “Rooty Toot”, “Tadpole”, “Deli Dolly”, “Slim”, “Teenamyte”, “Magoo”, “Tank”, “Boogy Buns” and the list goes on. His ability to inject humor into trying situations made difficult times easier and put situ­ations into perspective.

Delane is survived by his wife and their six children and their spouses, as well as seven grand­sons, four granddaughters, and twelve great grandchildren, his sisters and their families, numer­ous other “in-laws and out-laws” and his life-long friend (since they were nine years old), Dave Kaurin and his wife Juanita of Boise.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one grandson, Sgt. Jeremy King and one grand­daughter, Amanda Stroud.

The family would like to thank Horizon Home Health for their excellent care these last several months. We are also so thankful for our faithful prayer partners at Kuna Baptist Church and the loving support of our wonderful pastor, Scott Piper, who provided such wisdom and spiritual guid­ance as we navigated these final, painful days.

Codolences: