Irma Hull

Irma Hull went to be with her Lord on Friday, August 20, 2004. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, August 27, 2004 at Kayser's Chapel of Memories with Pastor Gene White officiating.

Interment will follow at Pioneer Memorial Gardens, Moses Lake.

Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, August 26.

Irma was born January 29, 1911 in Deer Park, Wash. to Samuel M. and Cora C. Joyner, pioneers of that area. She graduated from Deer Park High School in 1929 and Kinman Business University in Spokane in 1930.

Her employment included various offices in Spokane until 1933, when she moved to Moses Lake (then known as Neppel) to manage the first telephone exchange office for eight years, the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph.

On March 7, 1936, Irma was married to Amos A. Hull. They resided here until 1941, when they moved to Seattle. Two children were born of this union, Garnet Kelly and Charles Hull. Garnet passed away in 1995.

In 1944, the family moved to southern California for their daughter's health and remained there until 1954. They owned and operated Hull Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning in Beaumont, Calif.

They returned to Moses Lake in 1954, where Mr. Hull was employed by the civil service at Larson Air Force Base. With the family now grown, Irma again worked in the business world. For a period of two years, she was a hostess for the Newcomers Welcome Wagon. Later, she was employed at what is now known as Grant County Housing Authority, Larson Air Force Base and Seattle First National Bank.

Upon closure of Larson Air Force Base, they were transferred to McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, Calif. They lived there until 1971, when they transferred to Whidbey Island Naval Air Base in Oak Harbor, Wash.

Upon retirement in 1972, they returned to Moses Lake.

Irma was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church. She enjoyed and took part in various church activities. She taught Sunday school for many years and was president of the Women's Missionary Society. She also held other offices in other areas, where they lived in both the American and Southern Baptist churches.

Irma also organized and taught a non-denominational Bible class at he Moses Lake Senior Center for over five years.

Irma was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, two sisters and one brother.

She is survived by: her son, Charles Hull of Cashmere, Wash.; two grandchildren, Mike Spina of Sussex, NJ and Charlotte Spina, also of New Jersey; many nieces and nephews; and the "Hull Durned Tribe."