Willadene Fulkerson

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Willadene Fulkerson, 101, died Dec. 21, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born Nov. 3, 1917, near Bloomfield, daughter of the late George and Beryl Asbell Cook, she had lived in the St. Louis and Bloomfield areas all her life. She had worked as an LPN, was a member of the Mount Pisgah General Baptist Church and had been a member of the Easter Star in Bloomfield.

On March 9, 1938, in Bloomfield, she marriedRalph Harold Fulkerson, who preceded her in death on May 10, 1980.

Surviving are one daughter, Hilda VanNatta of St. Charles, Missouri; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Paula Fulkerson of Jonesboro, Ark., and Ray and Sondra Fulkerson of Cape Girardeau; one brother, Cloyd Cook of Poplar Bluff; one sister, Mary Lois Hamann of St. Charles; and 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren;

She was preceded in death by one brother, J. T. Cook; two sisters, Margaret Stafford and Leauna Link.

Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Friday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Elijah Allen, chaplain, of Marble Hill officiating.

Burial will follow in the Walker Cemetery at Bloomfield.