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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Frederick Fulkerson
Frederick
Fulkerson
September 27, 1923 – January 30, 2019
Frederick Fulkerson's Obituary
Frederick DeBow Fulkerson IV
Frederick DeBow Fulkerson IV passed away January 30, 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born September 27, 1923 to Frederick DeBow Fulkerson III and Gertrude Emily Kimmel in St. Joseph, MO. He attended NorthWest Missouri State prior to Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor after which he served in the Army Air Corp. Following his discharge, he attended the University of Arizona. After a change in majors, he attended the University of Tulsa and graduated in 1950 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.
His professional life included work at Schlumberger Well Services where he worked as a logging engineer and later in sales and management. He would later work for the Birdwell Division of Seismograph Services, a Raytheon Company in a management capacity. He retired in 1984. He was a Legion of Honor member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, a Senior Member of the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts and Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
He served on the Alumi Board of University of Tulsa, volunteered at the Boston Ave Helping Hands where he also served as a counselor and pantry manager. Fred was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa.
Fred was active as a genealogist where he became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution where he was a past president of the Tulsa chapter and the Oklahoma State Society and a National Trustee, the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, the Holland Society, the Huguenot Society, the Magna Carta Barons along with other patriotic and historical societies.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Lee Baker Fulkerson.
He is survived by the children of his first wife, Myrtle Virginia Banister Fulkerson. Son Frederick DeBow of West Fork, Arkansas; daughter Karen Virginia Gower (Robert); granddaughter Courtney Virginia Poulin (Kevin); grandson Matthew Robert (Holly); and great-grandchildren Sophia, Jackson and Jonathon Poulin and Allison and Evelyn Gower all of Spokane, WA.
A memorial service will be held Thursday, February 7th, 2019 at 2pm at First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, 709 South Boston Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa.
Frederick DeBow Fulkerson IV passed away January 30, 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born September 27, 1923 to Frederick DeBow Fulkerson III and Gertrude Emily Kimmel in St. Joseph, MO. He attended NorthWest Missouri State prior to Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor after which he served in the Army Air Corp. Following his discharge, he attended the University of Arizona. After a change in majors, he attended the University of Tulsa and graduated in 1950 with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.
His professional life included work at Schlumberger Well Services where he worked as a logging engineer and later in sales and management. He would later work for the Birdwell Division of Seismograph Services, a Raytheon Company in a management capacity. He retired in 1984. He was a Legion of Honor member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, a Senior Member of the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts and Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
He served on the Alumi Board of University of Tulsa, volunteered at the Boston Ave Helping Hands where he also served as a counselor and pantry manager. Fred was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa.
Fred was active as a genealogist where he became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution where he was a past president of the Tulsa chapter and the Oklahoma State Society and a National Trustee, the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, the Holland Society, the Huguenot Society, the Magna Carta Barons along with other patriotic and historical societies.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Lee Baker Fulkerson.
He is survived by the children of his first wife, Myrtle Virginia Banister Fulkerson. Son Frederick DeBow of West Fork, Arkansas; daughter Karen Virginia Gower (Robert); granddaughter Courtney Virginia Poulin (Kevin); grandson Matthew Robert (Holly); and great-grandchildren Sophia, Jackson and Jonathon Poulin and Allison and Evelyn Gower all of Spokane, WA.
A memorial service will be held Thursday, February 7th, 2019 at 2pm at First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, 709 South Boston Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa.
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