Grace Margaret Fulton, 90
Grace Margaret Fulton, 90, passed away on Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, ending an artful and adventurous life.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
Grace was born on July 22, 1916, in Oakland, Calif., to George and Margaret Klinger. She lost her father at a young age and grew up in a loving household with her mother, aunt and two sisters.
She attended Armstrong Business College in Berkeley, Calif., and graduated with an associate of arts degree. While attending Armstrong, she met her future husband Frank who were married on Feb. 20, 1937. When World War II began Grace was left to raise her first two sons while Frank served his country and celebrated the end of the war with the birth of a third son.
In 1947 Frank went to work for the Arabian American Oil. Waiting a year, as was company policy, she and their boys flew alone on a three-day journey to be reunited with Frank. Grace participated in the social life of the company's compound and became an expert on the seashells of the Persian Gulf and, in this unfamiliar country, she then gave birth to a fourth son.
They lived there for 14 years, traveling also to Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Grace and her family returned to the U.S. in 1961, moved to Menlo Park, Calif., and later retired to Pebble Beach. In her retirement years Grace became and accomplished watercolorist, and an occasional "human interest" contributor to the local Monterey County paper.
Grace's husband of 60 years then passed away in 1997, and she moved to Sandpoint in 2004, to be closer to her son Bill.
Grace is survived by her children William K. (Sherry) Fulton, Richard G. (Evelyn) Fulton, Thomas I. Fulton; daughter-in-law Bobbie Wonderly-McLaughlin, grandchildren Paul K. Fulton, Annie Fulton, Caroline Gotelli, Matthew R. Fulton, David J. Fulton; and eight great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her husband Frank, her youngest son James and two older sisters, Ramona and Elinor.
Family and friends are invited to sign Grace's online guest book at www.coffeltfuneral.com.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral Service.