Robert L. Fuller, 83, of Granville, died early Sunday morning, March 8, 2009, at Helen Porter Healthcare Center in Middlebury.
He was born October 20, 1925, in New Brunswick, NJ, the son of LeRoy M.
and Adelaide (Kreiger) Fuller. He was raised in Highland Park, New
Jersey, and received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Rider
College in Trenton, NJ. Robert served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II. He was married to Carol Jones on June 9, 1951, in Basking Ridge,
NJ, where they lived until moving to Woodstock, VT, in 1979 and to
Granville in 1981. Robert was a certified public accountant and had
worked for Price Waterhouse and Johnson & Johnson. He purchased
Granville Manufacturing Company in 1980 and had never retired. Robert
enjoyed traveling, golfing, deep sea fishing, cooking and fine cuisine,
and was a voracious reader. He was an Eagle Scout and had served as
president of the Middlesex Boy Scouts Council.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Fuller of Granville; sons, Jeffrey
Fuller of Warren and Douglas Fuller of Granville; daughters, Debbie
Budd of Flemington, NJ, and Cindy Fuller of Granville; seven
grandchildren, Vanessa Budd, Kellen Budd, Wendy Fuller, Adam Fuller,
Taylor Fuller, Thomas Fuller, and Madison Fuller; and one
great-grandchild, Juliette West.
Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 5, 2009, at the
Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel in Randolph Center, with Rev.
Wayne Holsman officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow
at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery. There are no calling hours.
Online condolences may be left at www.dayfunerals.com. Contributions in
his memory may be made to Valley Sports Memorial Fund (VSMF), c/o White
River Credit Union, 96 N. Main Street, Rochester, VT 05767.
Arrangements are by the Day Funeral Home in Randolph.
