William Fulton

William D. Fulton, 70, died Saturday April 9, 2011 at his home with family and his Willie dog by his side. He was born December 7, 1940 in Spooner, Wisconsin to Alice and John Burmeister. He married Carol Ann Turner on August 4, 1962 in Spooner, Wisconsin at the Methodist church. He worked at Yellow River Supply/Cemstone for 38 years, retiring in 2005. He was a volunteer fireman for the Spooner Fire Department for 20 plus years. Bill’s hobbies consisted of: CB ham radio, coon hunting and raising coon hounds, stock car racing, rebuilding his antiques cars, trapping, whitetail deer hunting, fishing and collecting his pictures that were captured on his wild cameras on his land. Bill also loved taking his dogs Trixie (which he met again in heaven) and Willie to the woods for them to run around. Bill passed on the family tradition of whitetail deer hunting, fishing, and trapping to grandchildren, Charlie, Billy, Barbie, Steven and David. He enjoyed listening to granddaughter Courtney’s ice skating stories and visiting with and picking on Katrina (George) and Cameron (Little Man). Bill had recently had a special place in his heart for his new great-grandson, Trey (Opie), who spent many days at Grandpa Bill’s house helping to take care of him. Bill also enjoyed his Thursdays with his dear friend Clarence when they went to Haugen for their potato pancakes. Sundays were a very special day for Bill, as he and his grandson Billy would take his Mom (Alice) to the “ Dinner Bell” Restaurant in Trego for lunch and then took her for a nice drive afterwards and talked about the “Good Old Days”. Bill was well known for his willingness to always be there for anyone for anything. If you needed it, Bill was there. And if you stopped by his house you knew the coffee was always on. He was always a man with a big heart. Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Carol; parents, Alice & John Burmeister; grandparents Ma Pearl and Daddy Bill; brother-in -laws, Jack Turner and Pete Kline; sister-in-law, Barb Schoenfeld and mother & father in-law Helen & Cecil Turner. He is survived by daughter Deb (Charlie) Allen, son William (Susan) Fulton, and daughter Tammy Fulton (Tom Schultz); 8 grandchildren Charlie (Catherine) Allen, William (Deanna) Allen, Barb Allen, Courtney Schultz, Steven Fulton, David Fulton, Katrina Fulton and Cameron Decker; 7 great-grandchildren Trey & Kiana Schultz, Carter & Brycen Allen, Phabien, Ella & Zayla Allen; sister Pearl Kline and brother Bob Price; sister-in-law and brother-in- law Betty & Henry Fullick; sister- in-law Julie Berg; many aunts, uncles, nieces & nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 17, 2011 from 5:00-8:00 PM at Taylor Family Funeral Home in Spooner, Wisconsin. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the Spooner Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include: William Fulton Jr., Tom Schultz, Charlie Allen Sr., Charlie Allen Jr., Billy Allen, Barb Allen, Courtney Schultz, Steven Fulton, David Fulton, Katrina Fulton, Cameron Decker, Bob Price, Clarence Timmers, John Visger, Jeff Tripp, Ron Lewis, Huey Peterson, Carl Johnson Sr., Mike Okonek and John Lawrence.