Suzanne G. Fulle

Suzanne (Susie) G. Fulle was born March 3, 1929, in Houston. Susie was the daughter of J.R. Goodson and Minerva Dickinson Goodson. J.R. had been in the Texas Rangers and operated a drug store in Galveston, Texas, in the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900. J.R. handed out the contents of his drug store to the survivors of that hurricane. Minerva Goodson was born and raised in the town of Plaquemine, La.

Susie was one of 11 children, being the second-to-last child born. Susie attended Rice University in Houston, graduating cum laude. Susie taught school in Houston for two years, and when a neighbor lady walked by as Susie was working in her garden and said she hoped Susie would always be working in her garden whenever the neighbor lady walked by, Susie determined to move to New York City. She found she had $28 when she arrived in New York and applied to the Columbia University Press for employment and obtained a job. Susie’s sister, Betty, was the librarian at Rice, and she had a good friend, Dr. Bridgewater, who was an influential editor at the Columbia University Press.

Susie met Floyd Fulle in New York while Floyd was attending Columbia Law School. Upon graduation from law school, Floyd migrated to Seattle and obtained a job with the firm of Weter Roberts & Shefleman and proposed marriage by mail to Susie, who accepted the proposal by telegram. Susie and Floyd celebrated Floyd’s departure for Seattle by having a bologna sandwich picnic on the Columbia campus on 116th Street in New York.

Susie is survived by her husband, Floyd, and their three children, Will Fulle and wife, Rie, who reside in Japan, and their daughter, Laina, who is now attending Mount Vernon High School and residing with Floyd and Susie’s daughter, Laura; Alan Fulle, who is a Seattle artist, having graduated from the UW with a bachelor of fine arts degree; and Laura Westendorf, who is married to Lyal Westendorf, and they have a daughter, Layla Westendorf (16), and now Laina from Japan, also 16, and a son, Logan (7).

Susie passed away March 7, 2015, after an eight-year struggle with Alzheimer’s. Floyd and Susie were married for 58 years.

There will be a memorial held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Scatchet Head Community Club. A light meal will be served after the memorial service.