Ken was born in Barnstaple, lived at Winkleigh, the family then moving to Crediton where he grew up in the town and joined his father, Horace, in the family print business at 115 High Street.
He bridged those years from dealing with individual letters and numbers when creating posters, invitations and much else to today's desktop publishing, but in a much more comprehensive way than most of us would achieve with a home computer.
Ken saw the first of the new-style typesetting machines, a monster of a machine that had to be craned into his first floor offices. Now computers do the typesetting work.
Sue Read, one of the founding five, who went on to become the proprietor and editor until a few years ago: "When the Courier began, Ken saw us through type setting, allowing us to use Phillips' golf ball typewriter and then the daisy wheel version before his purchase of the big typesetting machine.
"He let us use Phillips' process camera for making photographs printable, he took us through the intricacies of dealing with Letraset where individual letters were rubbed off a sheet of paper to make up headlines and advertisements.
"Ken taught us how to put pages together for printing in our early days of cut and paste with scissors or a scalpel and a pot of glue. We often worked on his dining room table with his wife, Tina, keeping everyone happy with cups of tea."
He and Tina have three sons, their middle son Glenn, joining the business in 1990 and is now the person many people see about print jobs. Tina is in charge of accounts and retail and Ken had been in charge of production and finishing processes.
Apart from his business and family, Ken loved flying, often setting off with a friend or two from Crediton.
He was a keen photographer, so flying and photography went well together.
The funeral service for Ken was held on May 12 at Crediton Methodist Church, in which he had also been much involved.
He was organist for many years.
A tribute from Carl Lee, warden of Sheldon, read at his funeral service and said: "Although staunchly loyal to his Methodist roots he was keen to learn and was generous in his contributions across other denominations.
"This led him to be invited to join a review group set up by the Church Army to consider the future of Sheldon."
His tribute added: "Over 32 years Ken was our printer, personal pilot, joke teller to the community and solid friend."
Andrew White gave a personal tribute at the service.
He said his association with Ken went back at least 30 years when he would often see Ken walking his dog in Peoples Park Road.
He spoke of his association with the Rotary movement, where even after he left the movement, Ken kept the Rotary ideals of Service above Self.
He said Ken could be relied upon in an emergency and described him as "husband, father, grandfather, friend, businessman, musician, pilot, gentleman and all-round good egg."
He told him: "Enjoy Your new life in the upper, Upper Room, proof reading the great book."
A tribute was also given by Mrs Cynthia Dixon, who had known Ken for 32 years.
She recounted Ken and Tina's Ruby wedding anniversary celebrations, his work with the church, his printing business and other details about his life and service.
She said: "Part of the glue which holds our town together as a community is the Crediton Courier.
"But, how many people know that Ken was one of the founder members of the Courier and that it used to be printed by Phillips and Co?
"Along with other church members, Ken was very much involved with the production of the Talking Newspaper.
"Also, at one time, he was a Mid Devon District Councillor.. so he played his part fully in the community.
"Another way he did this was by helping the severely disabled. He was a driver for their special bus and also helped a local disabled lady."
She paid tribute to his film-making, his family, his sense-of-humour, and about his faith which sustained him all his life.
The service was conducted by the Rev David Gregory with organist, Dorothy Sheppard and pianist, Margaret Chave.
Readings were given by Ken Saunders, June Redfern and Clifford Webb.
Donations are still being accepted by A White and Sons, Albert Road, Crediton EX17 2BZ in aid of Crediton Methodist Church and International Aid Trust.
With his wife, his sons and their wives, Ken also leaves three grandchildren.