Calling(s)

Friday, January 17, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Saturday, January 18, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Service

Saturday, January 18, 11:00 AM Young Family Funeral Home - Kendallville Chapel

Obituary

Lavorna B. Fulk, 81, of Rome City died Sunday, January 12, 2020, at the home of her daughter in Powhatan, Virginia. She was born March 11, 1938, in Brimfield to Paul and Pauline (Grunden) Kimmel. On June 16, 1956, she married Richard Ross Fulk. He survives in Rome City.

Mrs. Fulk worked for 30 years at Electric Cord Set in Wolcottville and retired from Parker-Hannifin in Albion.

She was a member of the Brimfield United Methodist Church and Rome City American Legion Post 381 Auxiliary.

Lavorna enjoyed farming in her early years, gardening, fishing, snowmobiling in Michigan, and vacationing with her husband. Grandchildren were very important to her and this was shown by attending all of their sporting events and spending quality time with them. She dearly loved her church and the fellowship with church members that she considered family. Making beef and noodles with her church family for the Apple Festival of Kendallville was always a highlight for her.

Also surviving are two daughters, Linda (Shelton) Tackett of Powhatan, Virginia, and Cathy Temple of Kendallville; a son, Ricky Ross Fulk of Wawaka; eight grandchildren, Lynette (Keith) Murphy, Lisa Davis, Samuel Tackett, Nicole Dildine, Richard Ross (Caitlyn) Fulk, Jason Temple, Samantha (Devin) Cain, and Kamron Temple; 14 great-grandchildren; five sisters, Phyllis (Rex) Cole of Albion, Sharon (Ron) Karlstadt of Ney, Ohio, Jean Kimmel of Brimfield, Ola Crain of Elkhart, and Sandra Groves of Wawaka; and a brother, Frank Kimmel of Florida.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Betty Smith and Bea Bahls; and two brothers, Cecil Kimmel and John Kimmel.

Funeral services will be Saturday, January 18, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville with the Rev. Jerry Burghduff of Brimfield United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Orange Township Cemetery, Rome City.

Honorary pallbearers are Elliot Murphy, Luke Wilburn, and Landon Wilburn. Active pallbearers are David Karlstadt, Keith Murphy, Samuel Tackett, Richard Fulk, Paul Crain, and John McNamara.

Calling is Friday, January 17, 2020, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Saturday.

Preferred memorials are to the Mizpah Shrine, 1015 Memorial Way, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46805.

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