Robert "Bob" Lyman King

Robert L. “Bob” King Robert Lyman King, 85, of Sacramento, formerly a longtime resident of Napa, died Sunday, June 29, 2025 at the Kaiser Medical Center in Sacramento following a brief illness. Bob was born September 28, 1939 in Boise, Idaho, the son of the late Lewis Lyman King and Ruby Maxine Ciullo. As a child, Bob moved with his family to Portland, Oregon, Chicago, Illinois, and finally at age 13 to Berkeley, California. Bob attended local schools, graduated from Berkeley High School, and afterward served honorably as Specialist Fourth Class in the United States Army from 1956-1959. In 1965, Bob met the former Mary B. McAuley and the couple married on September 17, 1966 in St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Richmond. Bob and Mary had two children, Colette and Catherine and eventually made their home in Napa becoming part of the close knit community of families on Cayetano Drive and later residents of Browns Valley. Bob spent more than 35 years as an insurance broker with Famer’s Insurance Agency--first in Berkeley and later in Crockett. In retirement, Bob enjoyed staying fit at Exertec gym in Napa, was active in his SIRS group, and seldom missed early morning coffee with close friends at Peet’s. At Exertec, Bob befriended a young man who was a director at Treadway & Wigger Funeral Chapel in Napa. Eventually, Bob, often with Mary by his side, would assist the firm with long distance drives, shepherding loved ones to distant cemeteries or local airports with dignity and grace. Bob would aid with evening visitations and Rosaries at the funeral home and accompany the directors to residences in the early hours to gently bring loved ones into the firm's care. Bob had a manner and calm that was appreciated by the families the firm cared for and the Wigger family and entire staff were proud to have his capable assistance any time he was available. After Treadway and Wigger moved from it’s downtown Coombs Street location, Bob could be found a familiar face at Tulocay Cemetery’s Mortuary. He later moved to the Sacramento area to be closer to his daughters. Bob was preceded in death by his beloved wife Mary in 2013 after almost 47 years of marriage. He is survived by daughters: Colette Johnson, her husband Kevin, and their son Joshua, and his son Kyler of Elk Grove, California; and Catherine Hashimoto, her husband Michael, and their son Jack of Sacramento; and siblings: brother, Joseph Ciullo of Encinitas, California, and twin brother Tony King of Berkeley; sisters, Carol King of Vancouver, Washington, and Debbie Ciullo of La Vista, Nebraska. Committal with Military Honors will be 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2025 at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road in Dixon, California. U.S. Army representatives as well as the Service Veterans of Northern California Volunteer Honor Guard will participate in a service led by Deacon Daniel Blanton of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Dixon. Bob will be laid to rest with his wife Mary in the Memorial Columbarium, Building 1, Niche 67. The family asks that memorial be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Treadway and Wigger Funeral Chapel is serving Bob’s family. Let it be said of Bob that “He added to the sum of human joy; and were every one to whom he did some loving service to bring a blossom to his grave, he would sleep tonight beneath a wilderness of flowers . . . “

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Robert "Bob" Lyman King

September 28, 1939 - June 29, 2025