Sarah Nielsen King
March 15, 1934 - May 15, 2024
Sarah grew up in Los Gatos, CA, the daughter of Hans Elle Nielsen of Denmark and Sadie Elizabeth Starkie Nielsen of New York. Hans owned and operated a creamery named Eatmore Ice Cream, and Sarah retained her love of that food until the very end of her life. Her love for travel began at a young age when she visited relatives in Denmark, England, and Ireland. She attended Whittier College so that she could take her Junior year abroad in Switzerland. She entertained hopes of working for the UN and once met Madeline Albright. She enjoyed traveling and visited many countries in Europe, South America, North America, Asia, and North Africa.
A graduate of Los Gatos High School and Whittier College in California, Sarah possessed a keen intellect and an insatiable curiosity about the world. She was pursuing a Masters Degree in Political Science at Stanford University when her husband, Richard, was drafted and deployed to Germany. But leaving school to live overseas did not end her education; she was a lifelong learner and read copiously about the many things that interested her, including history, anthropology, natural history, astronomy, philosophy, art, the environment, social justice, psychology,
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