FULLER, DR. FREDERICK W. of Bellaire, Texas, died Wednesday, the 22nd of January, after a long illness. He was 86. Dr. Fuller was born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1927 and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served on the U.S.S. Bairoko in the Pacific. After the war he attended the University of New Mexico and graduated from Stanford University. He then made his way east and attained his medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. He completed his surgical residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, where he also met his wife, the late Cynthia Quayle Fuller. After marrying in 1962, Dr. and Mrs. Fuller moved to New Jersey, where they raised three children. Dr. Fuller was the founder of the Burn Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, still New Jersey's only burn center. In addition to his devotion to his family and his patients, Dr. Fuller was an avid history buff and music lover, and in his earlier years enjoyed fishing and golf. He is survived by a sister, Hester Eastham, of Albuquerque; three children, Hester Fuller of Boston; Julia Fallon and her husband Michael B. Fallon of Bellaire; Rice Fuller and his wife Lucia O'Sullivan of New Brunswick, Canada; and four grandchildren, Sam, Charlie, Jack, and Madeline. A memorial service is to be conducted at ten o'clock in the morning, on Thursday, the 30th of January in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where the Rev. Chad Martin, Associate Rector for Evangelism and Worship at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, is to officiate. Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family in a reception to be held in the adjacent grand foyer. In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions on behalf of F.W. "Bill" Fuller, M.D. may be directed to The St. Barnabas Burn Foundation, 94 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston, NJ, 07039 or at their website, www.njburncenter.com. Please view Dr. Fuller's online memorial tribute and send condolences at www.geohlewis.com.
FULLER, DR. FREDERICK W. of Bellaire, Texas, died Wednesday, the 22nd of January, after a long illness. He was 86. Dr. Fuller was born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1927 and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served on the U.S.S. Bairoko in the Pacific. After the war he attended the University of New Mexico and graduated from Stanford University. He then made his way east and attained his medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. He completed his surgical residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, where he also met his wife, the late Cynthia Quayle Fuller. After marrying in 1962, Dr. and Mrs. Fuller moved to New Jersey, where they raised three children. Dr. Fuller was the founder of the Burn Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, still New Jersey's only burn center. In addition to his devotion to his family and his patients, Dr. Fuller was an avid history buff and music lover, and in his earlier years enjoyed fishing and golf. He is survived by a sister, Hester Eastham, of Albuquerque; three children, Hester Fuller of Boston; Julia Fallon and her husband Michael B. Fallon of Bellaire; Rice Fuller and his wife Lucia O'Sullivan of New Brunswick, Canada; and four grandchildren, Sam, Charlie, Jack, and Madeline. A memorial service is to be conducted at ten o'clock in the morning, on Thursday, the 30th of January in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where the Rev. Chad Martin, Associate Rector for Evangelism and Worship at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, is to officiate. Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family in a reception to be held in the adjacent grand foyer. In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions on behalf of F.W. "Bill" Fuller, M.D. may be directed to The St. Barnabas Burn Foundation, 94 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston, NJ, 07039 or at their website, www.njburncenter.com. Please view Dr. Fuller's online memorial tribute and send condolences at www.geohlewis.com.