Mesa, AZ–- Lillian Marie Fuller, 89, of Mesa, Arizona, and former Milwaukee, Wisconsin and McFarland, Michigan resident, entered eternal life Monday morning, April 9, 2007, in Mesa, Arizona.
Born May 17, 1917 in Cedarville, a daughter of Otis and Inger (Anderson) Loveless, Lillian was raised in the McFarland area. On June 3, 1939, she married Victor James Fuller and the couple established their home in the Milwaukee area where they both were employed with American Motors Corporation; he running the welding shop and she working as a seamstress. They later purchased a farm on the outskirts of Milwaukee, in Germantown, while continuing to work at American Motors until their retirements. In retirement, the couple often traveled to visit their children, eventually living in Dallas, Texas during the winter months, spending summers in McFarland. Following Victor’s death in 1987, Lillian continued to spend her summers in McFarland and, in later years, spent the winters in Arizona before eventually making Mesa her year round home four years ago, near where her brother Harold lived. Lillian enjoyed raising her family and being a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing for family and friends and, in retirement, accepted sewing assignments from interior decorators, making draperies and upholstering. She was a former member of Faith Lutheran Church in Germantown.
Survivors include her children, James Duane Fuller of Whitelaw, WI, Vicki Jane (John) Vick of Mesa, AZ, Susan Marie (Ben Fairy) Urbaniak of Dallas, TX, and Scott Michael (Marty) Fuller of Edinburg, TX; her grandchildren, Andy Fuller, Tommy Fuller, Sally Fuller, Dave Vick, Ryan (Katie) Vick, Derek Urbaniak, Anthony Fuller, Janessa Fuller, Michael Fuller, Matthew Fuller, Kevin Pena, Nicole Fuller, and Lilly Fuller; her great-grandson, Johnathan Daniel Vick; her brother, Harold Loveless of McFarland; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Lillian was preceded in death by her siblings, Clarion, Ethel, Charles, Mary, Wannita, Doris, and Leonard.
Friends may call at the Fassbender Funeral Home on Sunday, April 15, beginning at 1:00 pm. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 3:00 pm Sunday afternoon with Rev. Paul Weber, of Redeemer Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Park Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the Marquette County Humane Society, 84 Snowfield Road, Negaunee, MI 49866.