{"id":11068,"date":"2025-10-18T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2025-10-18T15:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:47:33","slug":"wtb-mourns-the-death-of-one-of-its-earliest-members-molly-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=11068","title":{"rendered":"WTB Mourns the Death of One of Its Earliest Members, Molly King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WTB members will be sad to hear of the death of one of our most active foremothers, Molly King, 95, formerly of DeWitt, who died October 8 in Lennox, Mass.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MollyKing-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Molly King \" class=\"wp-image-11069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MollyKing-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MollyKing-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MollyKing.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">Molly was instrumental in the organization&#8217;s beginning and coordinated WTB&#8217;s first International Dinner in an efficient and delightful manner, setting the tradition for years to come.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have very fond memories of Molly,&#8221; said Danya Wellmon, WTB&#8217;s co-founder. &#8221; <em>She had a great sense of humor and was a very compassionate and giving soul. &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other co-founder, Betsy Wiggins, wrote about Molly, &#8221; <em>She was my first true friend when I moved here in 1995,. What a woman! I so clearly remember her beautifully wrinkled face, megawatt smile, eyes that saw everything, enormous energy and one of the most gracious dispositions I have ever had the privilege to know. She had such a keen wit and compassionate heart.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A service in her memory will be set for sometime in the Spring.  Those wishing to read more about Molly can find her obituary <a href=\"https:\/\/obits.syracuse.com\/us\/obituaries\/syracuse\/name\/molly-king-obituary?pid=210097579\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTB members will be sad to hear of the death of one of our most active foremothers, Molly King, 95, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=11068\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11068"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11073,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068\/revisions\/11073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}