Age 85, of Newark, Delaware, died at home in his sleep unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 13, 2010.
He was born on December 9, 1924, in Prince Edward Island to Emma and George Kitson. Fulton grew up on a family farm with his siblings, Norris, Verna, Lona, Audry and Fred. He married Shirley Anne Crosby on July 7, 1948, after serving as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Following his graduation from Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S. in 1950, he was employed by the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa as an organic chemist. In 1954, Fulton and Shirley moved to Wilmington, DE where he worked for the DuPont Company for 35 years.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Shirley; their sons, Terry and his wife Paula of Chapel Hill, NC; Frederick and his wife Tami of Newbury Park, CA; James of Toronto; and Robert and his wife Christine of Newark, DE; grandchildren, Jennifer, Ryan, Sherry, Rachel, Emma, Christopher and Thomas; great-grandchildren, Logan, Aidan and Jack; and siblings, Norris, and his wife, Eleanor, Rev. Fred and his wife Claudia, Verna Phillips, and Audry MacKenzie and her husband, Jack. He was preceded in death by a sister, Lona Turner.
A funeral service will be held at 12 noon on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, 292 W. Main Street, Newark, DE, where visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Interment will be held privately.
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