Death of retired NWA pilot Robert Fuller, and his wife Ruth Mary Fuller

[PCN DEATH Notice Mgr]

Notification of the passing of retired NWA pilot Captain Robert M.
Fuller, and his wife of 66 years Ruth Mary Rice Fuller. Please see
obituaries below.

To view/sign the online guestbook please visit
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=147159983
or the funeral home website at http://www.woodlawn-funeralhome.com/index.cfm
Captain Fuller’s wife Ruth Mary Rice Fuller died just 13 days prior to
his death. You may view/sign the online guestbook for Ruth Mary
Fuller at the same funeral home website http://www.woodlawn-funeralhome.com/index.cfm

The Fuller’s home address was shown as
2210 Sleater Kinney Road SE ., Lacey, WA 98503-3161
Grandson Jason is currently listed at the same address so I am
thinking that family members would receive your personal condolences
if you chose to send them to the Lacey address.
Thank you,
~ Carol Faulkner, PCN death notice communicator
de...@pilotcommunication.net

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Robert Marion Fuller
(December 6, 1923 ~ December 12, 2010)

Robert Marion FULLER Robert Marion Fuller, 87, of Lacey, retired
Captain for Northwest Airlines, passed away December 12, 2010 in
Lacey. Robert was born to James and Myrtle (Addis) Fuller on December
6, 1923 in Stanaford, West Virginia. He was raised in Snowflake,
Virginia by his aunt and uncle, Myrtle and Earl McConnell, because of
his mother passing at an early age. He rejoined his father in Delavan,
Wisconsin, where he attended high school and met Ruth Mary Rice, his
sweetheart and future wife of 66 years. He married Ruth Mary on
November 3, 1944 in Perrin Field, Texas. Robert was a loving and
devoted husband and father. He and Ruth Mary had two children, James
and Richard. Robert joined the Army Air Corps one day after graduating
from high school, and took his first solo flight in May of 1943. At
the completion of his military service, Robert went to work for
Northwest Airlines, retiring in 1983. Robert instilled a love of
aviation and country into his family. His sons both flew in the
military, Jim in the Marine Corps and Rick in the Air Force. His
grandson, Jason, currently flies in the Air Force. He loved to travel,
and did so before and after retirement. Robert loved sail planes. He
also loved to water ski and windsurf, traveling all over the world to
do that while Ruth Mary sunbathed. Robert was a member of the Highline
Flying Club. Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Mary, by
13 days. He is survived by his sons, James and Richard; grandchildren,
Jason, Kimberly, Caroline, and Jennifer; seven great-grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandson. A Memorial Service will be held on
Monday, December 20, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel at Panorama
Assisted Living Center. Memorials in Robert's name may be made to
Ronald McDonald House. To leave condolences for the family, please go
to www.woodlawn-funeralhome.com.
Published in The Seattle Times from December 17 to December 19, 2010
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Ruth Mary Rice Fuller
(November 9, 1925 - November 29, 2010)

Ruth Mary Fuller, 85, of Lacey, passed away November 29, 2010 in
Olympia. Ruth Mary was born to Earl and Arlyne Rice on November 9,
1925 in Delavan Wisconsin. She met her high school sweetheart, and
future husband, Robert Fuller, when she was a freshman. She graduated
from Delavan High School in 1943, and married Robert on November 3,
1944 in Perrin Field, Texas. Ruth Mary and Robert had two children,
James and Richard. Ruth Mary loved sunbathing, traveling, shopping for
Christmas, a good martini, and Harold the Teddy Bear. Harold came into
Ruth Mary’s life when a granddaughter sent him to be with her one
summer. Harold has been a part of the family ever since. Ruth Mary was
preceded in death by her mother and father, Earl and Arlyne, and
sister, Catharine. Ruth Mary is survived by her husband of 66 years,
Robert; two sons, James and Richard; grandchildren, Jason, Kimberly,
Caroline, and Jennifer; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-
grandson; and Harold the Teddy Bear. A Memorial Service will be held
on Saturday, December 4, 2010 in the chapel at Panorama Assisted
Living Center. Memorials in Ruth Mary’s name may be made to Ronald
McDonald House.