{"id":178001,"date":"2026-04-28T07:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/178001\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:02:13","slug":"sharon-a-king-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/178001\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharon A. King \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tSharon A. King \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Sharon A. King, 83, of Dickson City went to be with her LORD and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday April 23, 2026 at the Geisinger C.M.C. Her husband of 27 years is Paul J. King.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Chandler, Minnesota, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Martha Hellwinkle Bendt. Educated in Minnesota schools, prior to retirement she was employed as an optician at Northeastern Eye Institute, Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\nSharon belonged to St. Stephen\u2019s Lutheran Church of Dickson City and its weekly Bible Study. She loved reading her Bible, tending her garden, and loved mastering 1,000 piece puzzles. She loved playing the card game UNO, chili nights with her family, and watching the New York Yankees games with her husband Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\nSurviving are her son, Ken Kielar and his wife, Fran, Carbondale; daughter Cindy Iyoob, Jessup; grandchildren Kaitlyn, Kenny and Megan Kielar and Corey Iyoob and Kevin Iyoob and wife Lilly; sister Kathy Nasr; brother Dave Bendt and wife Kim; nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe was preceded in death by sisters Delores Staab, Janice Perry; brother Duane Bendt; brother-in-law Hanna Nasr.<\/p>\n<p>\nFuneral services will be held Thursday at 11 am in St. Stephen\u2019s Lutheran Church, 701 W. Lackawanna Ave., Dickson City. Family and friends may pay their respects Thursday from 10 am until time of service in the church. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Stephen\u2019s Lutheran Church Bell Tower repairs at 701 W. Lackawanna Ave., Dickson City, PA 18447.<\/p>\n<p>\nArrangements are under the care and direction of the Arthur A. Albini Funeral Home, 1003 Church St., Jessup.<\/p>\n<p>\nPlease visit the funeral home website to leave an online condolence.<\/p>\n<p>\nSharon A. King<\/p>\n<p>\nApril 23, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharon A. King OBITUARY Sharon A. King, 83, of Dickson City went to be with her LORD and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-178001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}