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Norma Marie Maxvold Fuller
by Ida
Menge
Norma Marie
Maxvold Fuller, 73, died Sept. 7 [1994] at Bassett Army
Hospital at Fort Wainwright. A memorial service and
celebration of life will be held at 2:30 pm today at Gospel
Outreach Church in Fairbanks. A reception will follow at
American Legion Hall Post 11.
Mrs. Fuller was born Aug. 8,
1921 on a farm outside DeSmet S.D. She grew up in Huron, S.D.,
and moved to Long Beach Calif., in 1941. She worked for
Douglas Aircraft during World War II. In 1946 she married
Rothel Hoyl "Tommy" Fuller. They spent 20 years traveling
while he served in the U.S. Air Force.
In 1964 the family
moved to Alaska. The Fullers co-owned and operated many bars
in Alaska, including the Hunter Bar in Anchorage and Persian
and Savoy bars in Fairbanks. she had lived in Fairbanks since
1965. Mrs. Fuller was active in various organizations and was
a member of the Elks Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary 3629. She was a longtime member of Zion Lutheran
Church in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Her family said: "Norma
is remembered as a woman of high integrity, a generous and
caring person with an honest sense of humor. She was well
loved and will be missed by family and friends, especially her
children, grandchildren and the many young relatives and
friends to whom she was like a second mother."
Mrs. Fuller
was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Tommy;
parents, Lawrence and Bertha; and brothers, Elmer and Everett
Maxvold. She is survived by brothers and sisters-in-law,
Marvin and Sue Maxvold of Fairbanks and Donald and Luella
Maxvold of South Dakota; sister, Iona Burroughs of Long Beach;
children Rocky of Anchorage, Larry Fuller, Diane Fuller and
Sue Smithson and her husband Chuck; grand daughters Becky
Fuller of Anchorage, Angie and Michelle Martin, Stephanie,
Tiffany and Sunny Smithson; and many other relatives and loved
ones.
Memorial donations may be sent to Via Vita Health
Projects, 600 Third St. Graehl, Fairbanks; or to VFW 3629,
Voice of Democracy Scholarship, Box 73061 Fairbanks
99707.
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