[Dialogue] Hubert Fulkerson, passed away

Sun Jan 2 22:32:42 CST 2011

Jim,
Wow, details I did not know.  I meet Hubert in Fifth City, when I was an
intern.  When or how long after this time, did the "building's heating
system" blow up?
I remember stories of Hubert sleeping in the basement near to boiler all
night,
to keep it going and all of us warm.
I remember Alice Baumbach
leading the team I was on; to clear the hall-ways, and clean the building
for the academy

question,
Do you have pictures of this west side Chicago building/
And may I have pictures of you for the book?
Only if you are willing.

Kay Fulkerson
Phoenix, AZ 85020
602-943-2822
KayFulkerson at getnet.com
www.KayFulkerson.com

-----Original Message-----
From: dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Jim Baumbach
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 9:10 PM
To: Colleague Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Hubert Fulkerson, passed away

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 book for family.
<mailto:KayFulkerson at getnet.com> KayFulkerson at getnet.com  

Kay Fulkerson
402 East Las Palmaritas
Phoenix, AZ 85020
602-943-2822
KayFulkerson at getnet.com
www.KayFulkerson.com <http://www.kayfulkerson.com/> 

Feel Healthy & Live Longer
www.JoyfulHealth.biz <http://www.joyfulhealth.biz/> 

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& 
Timothy & Martha Karpoff 1811 Tapia SW Albuquerque, NM 87105 505-877-6041
505-280-4797 cell
TimKarpoff at msn.com

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