Thomas Fulmer

Thomas Joe Fulmer, of Chillicothe, MO was taken by natural causes at the age of 60. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. The family suggests contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1023 15th ST. NW. Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005.
Tom was born Feb. 16, 1947. After graduating from Truman High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was stationed in Japan for two years as an M.P. and was in the Drum and Bugle Corps. He studied martial arts in Japan, becoming a 2nd degree black belt in Karate. He served his country most honorably for four years and served the last thirteen months in Vietnam. Sgt. Thomas J. Fulmer was an expert marksman and was honored as a distinguished soldier when he was presented The Navy Commendation Medal With Combat V as well as The Good Conduct Medal. His leadership skills were immeasurable and he was very active in Veterans issues and affairs. Just days before his death, he had attended his 3rd Battalion 4th Marine Division “Thundering Third” Marine Corps Reunion in Savannah, GA. Wherever he resided, he always displayed a large American Flag and the POW/MIA flag and treated them with the deepest respect and honor.
After his Vietnam tour ended in August of 1969, he came home to Independence, MO, married and had two daughters. He worked at Union Wire Rope, a division of Armco Steel for many years until he moved to Chillicothe, MO to be a supervisor for the Wire Corporation of America. He retired from there after surviving a severe head injury in 1997.
Tom will be greatly missed by those he leaves behind. He leaves daughters Brandy Bruner and husband Robert; Terri Krevitz and husband Greg; mother Mary Ellen Fulmer, all of Independence, MO; father Donald Fulmer and wife Lois, Gravois Mills, MO. brother Jack Fulmer and wife Sam, Grandview, MO; three grandsons Seth, Blake and Layne; granddaughter Jordyn; two nieces Stacy Barter and Amy Miller; and a large family of aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by all grandparents and many comrades he served with in war.