[Dialogue] Hubert Fulkerson, passed away

Fri Dec 31 22:10:04 CST 2010

Hubert was a very special man.  He and I often shared the task of 
cleaning the grease trap in the kitchen in the administration building 
in Fifth City.  Although he was much more dependable than I, as a 
Permeator, it was my in-house assignment to maintenance.  Hue took pity 
on me after I returned home from work and often had things ready for the 
evening meal.  One time we had a very serious plugged drain which could 
only be fixed in the basement.  (The basement was a dingy, dark place 
that hardly anybody dared frequent.)  Little did we know that stuff upon 
stuff was hiding just above our heads as we loosened the clean out 
plug.  On the last twist on the threads, the plug popped out and 
drenched us with yuck.  Smelling like s--t, we shoved a plumber's snake 
into the horizontal drain as far as we could reach and when we pulled it 
out, the rest of the stuff came with it.  In our hair, on our clothes, 
faces slopped with gooey mess straight out of a scary movie, we 
rethreaded the plug.  Hue and I shook hands complimenting each other in 
a job well done.  Another time I helped him with that ugly old furnace 
trying to keep it running in winter.  At that time my Permeation job at 
Nalco was the group leader of the boiler research lab.  I had just 
invented a revolutionary new all-in-one low pressure boiler treatment 
chemical.  I thought it would be great to use it in our boiler since all 
of it's specifications were "perfect" for a research test project.  I 
had a drum of chemical shipped over from our pilot plant and off-loaded 
it to the outside basement entrance.  Hue got to it before I got home 
and wrestled that 500 pound drum down the steps and into the boiler 
room.  Although, previously, he and I agreed to take it down the stairs 
together, he went ahead and did it alone.  To make the free chemical 
project feasible, I told my Nalco management that we would test all of 
the water in and out of the boiler.  Hue agreed to run the chemical 
tests from the test kit I gave him as long as chemical was being added 
to the boiler.  However, since the building's heating system did not 
have a significant condensate return and the feed of the chemical was 
based on the amount of raw water pumped into the boiler, we used up the 
drum of chemical in less than a week.  Hue didn't have a chance to run 
any tests before the chemical was all gone.  With no test results to 
report for the $1,500 worth of chemicals, I was way too embarrassed to 
ask Nalco for another drum of chemical.  Besides, Hue told me he saw no 
change in the operation of the boiler and really didn't want to bring in 
another heavy drum of the stuff since he hurt his back with the first 
one.  For me, whenever things got nearly unbearable as a member of the 
Order, Hubert was an inspiration for me to stay with it.  He is one of 
the saints on my meditative counsel.

Miss you big guy!!!

Jim Baumbach

On 12/31/2010 10:33 AM, Kay Fulkerson wrote:
>
> Hubert McKinley Fulkerson, 72 years old, passed away on Dec 23, 2010, 
> at Capri Care at the Point Nursing Home in Phoenix, AZ, where he had 
> lived since May 8, 2006, after suffering a stroke. Hubert was born and 
> raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He graduated from Northeastern 
> University in Tahlequah, OK in 1968 with a BS in Mathematics. He 
> worked with the Ecumenical Institute and the Institute of Cultural 
> Affairs (ICA) from 1968 to 1988. His work with the ICA took him from 
> Oklahoma City and Chicago to communities in Nigeria, India, Kenya and 
> Zambia. He married Kay Schnizlein in Zambia in June, 1987. He returned 
> to the United States in 1988 and received a BS in Computer Science 
> from University of Central Oklahoma, graduating in the top 10% of his 
> class. He worked for Honeywell and AG Communications in Phoenix before 
> retiring. He is survived by his wife, his daughter, Dara Griffith and 
> his grandson Marcus Mikala Griffith, and by his sister Martha Karpoff 
> of Albuquerque, NM, and his sister Kathleen Martin and his brothers 
> Edward Fulkerson, Merle Fulkerson and Douglas Fulkerson of Muskogee, 
> OK. There will be a memorial service Saturday Jan 29, 2011, in 
> Phoenix, and at a later date in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In lieu of 
> flowers, donations may be made to the Institute of Cultural Affairs. 
> Hubert was deeply loved, and will be missed by his family and friends.
>
> If you worked or volunteered with Hubert, We would appreciate details 
> with locations / cities, and dates to complete his family time line 
> with photos if possible.Kay and Martha Karpoff will collect stories & 
> pictures, to create the service & memory bookfor family. 
> _KayFulkerson at getnet.com_ <mailto:KayFulkerson at getnet.com>
> Kay Fulkerson
> 402 East Las Palmaritas
> Phoenix, AZ 85020
> 602-943-2822
> KayFulkerson at getnet.com <mailto:KayFulkerson at getnet.com>
> www.KayFulkerson.com <http://www.kayfulkerson.com/>
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> &
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