In Memory
Robert F. Fulton
Apr. 1, 1953 – Jul. 23, 1978
Robert F. Fulton, 25, of 55095 Hollywood, was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital Sunday night. The motorcycle he was driving struck a utility vehicle about 8:45 p.m. Sunday at Edison and Meadowview in the Ardmore area on the city’s far Northwest Side.
The driver of the utility vehicle, David Loree, 16, of New Carlisle Motor Home Court, New Carlisle, was admitted to Memorial with a bruised left kidney and a passenger, Mark Jones, 16, of 118 W. Ada, New Carlisle, was treated for a bruised back.
Dr. James McMeel, deputy county coroner, ruled the cause of death was severe head injuries. McMeel said that if Fulton had been wearing a helmet, it “most likely would have saved him.”
Indiana State police said the Loree vehicle was southbound on Meadowview and stopped for a stop sign. He said Loree did not see the approaching westbound motorcycle. The motorcycle was operating without a headlight, he said.
The Loree vehicle pulled into the intersection to make a left turn onto Edison. The motorcycle struck the left rear wheel of the Loree vehicle.
Services for Fulton will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 2700 Lincoln Way W., Rev. Roger D. Kramer, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church, will officiate. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Fulton was employed by the Overhill Manufacturing Co. He was born on April 1, 1953 in South Bend, he lived in this area all his life.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Peggy Teeter of South Bend; his father James I, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a brother, James P. of Edwardsburg; a maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ferrell Schmidt of Cortez, Fla. and a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Muriel Fulton of Fort Lauderdale.
05/29/2021 DEC
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