Bertie Frances Trott King, 92, of Dunkirk passed away December 10, 2012 at Calvert County Nursing Center in Prince Frederick. She was born September 8, 1920 in Dunkirk to Howard Winfield and Georgiana (Moreland) Trott. Bertie was raised in Dunkirk and attended Calvert County public schools. She married Marion Preston King on February 14, 1942 in Baltimore and they made their home in Owings. Mr. King passed away in 1945 and Bertie moved back to the family farm in Dunkirk. She was employed with the Census Bureau and later was a clerk typist for Nationwide Insurance Company for thirty three years, retiring in September 1983. Bertie was a life-long member of Smithville United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and was active in the women’s society. She enjoyed crocheting, caring for house plants, traveling and spending time with her family.

Bertie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Marion, a sister Eugenia “Jean” Osbourn and a brother Howard Oden Trott, Sr. She is survived by a son Franklin Trott King and wife Catherine of Dunkirk; grandchildren David Franklin King and wife Amy of Abu Dhabi, UAE, Mary Catherine Evers and husband Tom of Encinitas, CA and Susan Marie King Ollei and husband Joe of Kuwait. Also surviving are great-grandchildren Sarah, Jonathan, Kayleigh and Ethan King, Sam Winter, Chiara Evers and Nicholas Ollei and a brother Winfield Moreland Trott and wife Betty of Dunkirk.