FULTON, Clyde Orville

FULTON, SMITH, OWEN, WARNER, RYAN, DUNHAM, SHORT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/23/2015 at 04:22:01

Obituary ~ Clyde Orville Fulton
February 19, 1915 ~ January 28, 2003

Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
February, 2003

Clyde Orville Fulton of Lamoni, the son of Albert Jefferson and Kathrine Amanda Smith Fulton, was born Feb. 19, 1915, in Decatur County and died Jan. 28, 2003, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Des Moines. He was 87.

He was raised in Decatur County and attended rural schools. He farmed and worked for the county on the “bridge gang.”

He was a veteran of World War II and served in the Aleutian Islands and in Italy where he was wounded. He was proud of being a veteran and serving his country.

He married Mary Ellen Owen on Feb. 19, 1951, and they became the parents of four children. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife on Sept. 15, 1994; three sisters, Opal Warner, Dorothy Ryan and infant Harriet. and a brother Paul Fulton. Mr. Fulton had a sister, Fern and twin brothers, Gerald and Harold who died with the flu during the epidemic of 1919. He was also preceded in death by his lifelong friend, Lester “Leck” Dunham.

Mr. Fulton is survived by a daughter, Susie Short and her husband, Dale Short, of Decatur; three sons, Alphie Fulton and his wife Kathy Fulton, of Villisca, Jimmie Fulton and his wife, Dena Fulton, of Osceola and Terry Fulton and his wife, Candy Fulton, of of Lamoni; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Leslie Fulton and his wife, Twyla Fulton, of Leon; other relatives and friends including Madline Dunham.

Funeral services for Mr. Fulton were Jan. 31 at Slade-O’Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, the Rev. Max Carmichael and Pastor Dale Short officiating.

Casket bearers were Kenny Bevard, Maurice Fulton, Rick Fulton, Ron Fulton, Don Rumley and Donald Warner. Honorary bearers were Tommy Barlean, Bill Cook, Coy Dale, Lyle Gray, Bill Owens, Charlie Petty and Loren Rumley. Interment was in the Leon Cemetery with military honors by Mr. Fulton’s veteran friends.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015