{"id":8293,"date":"2024-11-05T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/?page_id=8293"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T23:58:45","slug":"meet-daniel-king","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/meet-the-team\/meet-daniel-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Daniel King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-align-content-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-z-index:1;--awb-padding-top:10%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-padding-top-medium:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-image:linear-gradient(180deg, var(--awb-color5) 0%,var(--awb-color3) 100%);--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.56;\">MEET DANIEL KING<\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench Jeweler<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan has worked in jewelry since starting as an apprentice 50 years ago. He has worked for Roper\u2019s Jewelers for 23 of those years and says that his favorite piece of jewelry is the gold anchor link bracelet he received from Roper\u2019s for his 20 years of service gift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan\u2019s proudest accomplishment was serving in the United States Marine Corps form 1986-1992.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-align-content-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:5%;--awb-padding-bottom:5%;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_padding-top:5%;--button_padding-right:10%;--button_padding-bottom:5%;--button_padding-left:10%;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/meet-the-team\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">&lt; MEET THE TEAM<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-column-inner-bg-wrapper\" style=\"--awb-padding-top-medium:0px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-inner-bg-color:rgba(140,2,77,0.02);--awb-inner-bg-color-hover:rgba(140,2,77,0.02);--awb-inner-bg-position:center center;--awb-inner-bg-size:;--awb-transform-origin:NaN% 50%;--awb-transition:filter 0ms linear, transform 0ms linear, background-color 0ms linear, border-color 0ms linear;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color7);--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;--awb-inner-bg-border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;--awb-inner-bg-overflow:hidden;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg hover-type-zoomin\"><span class=\"fusion-column-anchor\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg-image\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:10%;--awb-margin-left:10%;--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-zoomin\" style=\"border:10px solid #f6f6f6;border-radius:10px;z-index:100;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Meet Daniel King\" title=\"Daniel King &#8211; Bench Jeweler &#8211; Ropers Jewelers\" src=\"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-8193\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271500%27%20height%3D%271800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201500%201800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271500%27%20height%3D%271800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1-200x240.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1-400x480.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1-600x720.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1-800x960.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1-1200x1440.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daniel-King-Bench-Jeweler-Ropers-Jewelers-1.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:5%;--awb-padding-right:5%;--awb-padding-bottom:5%;--awb-padding-left:5%;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-image:linear-gradient(180deg, var(--awb-color4) 0%,var(--awb-color1) 100%);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:28;line-height:1.76;\">The Rest of the Story<\/h4><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>Favorite Gemstone:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Moissanite<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What did he want to be when he gre<\/strong>w up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A marine, then a police officer or fireman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What makes him smile? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His pets, which currently means cats and chinchillas. Though if there is another creature that needs a home, Dan\u2019s door is always open to \u201cfoster\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideal Weekend Day: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cold rainy day, cooking comfort food (a lot of it) and lying on the couch watching hockey, old movies or listening to music (day drinking is implied).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:5%;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(140,2,77,0.4) 0%,var(--awb-color4) 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.56;\">What the bosses say about him:<\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><span class=\"fusion-dropcap dropcap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an is steadfast and dependable. We are grateful for his many years of dedicated service to Roper\u2019s and we are proud that he served our country as a Marine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8193,"parent":8145,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8293","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8295,"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8293\/revisions\/8295"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ropersjewelers.com\/jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}