Richard Glenn Fultz's Obituary
Richard Glenn Fultz
Beloved Husband and Father
December 6, 1939 – July 16, 2018
Richard “Dick” Fultz was born in Portsmouth, Ohio as the youngest child of Dorothy and Everett Fultz. He grew up in a loving home with brother Herman and sister Shirley. As a teenager, his first job was working at a filling station. At 17, he joined the army and completed his GED during his service. In the army, he was trained to be in the signal corp. He thought at the time, he would be on top of a hill waving a flag. Little did he know he would be climbing telephone poles and setting up communications for the armed forces. After active duty, he continued to serve in the army reserves while living back in Marion, Ohio. He married as a young man and had his first child, daughter Sharon, at 19 years of age. Two years later, he was blessed with another daughter Karen. He worked several jobs to support his family including building road graders at Huber Warco, selling Rainbow vacuum cleaners and selling cars at Danner Buick. In the mid 1960's, he and his family moved to Florida where he continued to sell cars; he always had a great interest in classic automobiles. Dick would call Florida home for the remainder of his life. He then got an opportunity to begin working as an aluminum contractor and later built his own business in the aluminum industry. In 1979, Dick met the love of his life, Pat. They had their first date to see a new movie, “Smokey and the Bandit”. After dating for about a year, they were married on December 1, 1979. In 1982, Dick and Pat had a son, Richard. Dick was always a hard worker and took great pride in the work he did, always leaving the work site cleaner than he found it; but nothing gave him more joy and pride than his wife and children.
Dick enjoyed bowling, watching his Tampa Bay Rays, camping, playing Triple Yahtzee, and riding motorcycles where he met the best friends a guy could ask for. He loved a good hamburger with lots of salt, and a Pepsi evidenced by the fact his CB handle was “Pepsi Cola Kid”. But most of all, he enjoyed the ones he loved and would often speak of how grateful he was to have you all in his life.
Dick was a kind, caring, hard working, honest man with a great sense of humor. He was the type of guy that would give you the shirt off his back as he would truly do anything to help a loved one or friend in need. If you asked him how he was doing, you could be sure to get the response “better than some, worse than others”.
In his life, Dick met many people, did many things and was always grateful for the blessings God put in his life. There is no measure to how much he was loved and will be missed.
Dick is survived by his wife, Patricia Fultz; daughter Sharon and son-in-law Richard Rehm, daughter Karen and son-in-law Mark Perry, son Richard Fultz; grandson Noel Rehm, granddaughters Angel Rehm and Sara Clark and three great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Martha Fultz, brother Fred Barnsdale and wife Arlette, brother-in-law Randy Owens and wife Ruth, sister-in-law Deanna Roberts and husband Bill, sister-in-law Rita Bailey and husband Garnett, sister-in-law Pam Lovern; beloved nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
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