Florence
Florence Alice Van Hull
d. July 11, 2006
Florence Alice Van Hull of New Maryland, New Brunswick, Canada, formerly of Moline, died Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at the Oromocto Public Hospital.
Graveside services will be conducted by the First Congregational Church of Moline at Greenview Memorial Gardens Chapel at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 20. Visitation and reception will be held after the service at a location to be announced. Esterdahl Mortuary, Moline, is assisting the family with local arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations to the First Congregational Church of Fredericton, Grace House, Fredericton Food Bank, Community Kitchen, Fredericton Emergency Shelter or other charity of the donor's choice would be appreciated.
Florence Alice Rotz was born in Wapello, Iowa, Aug. 9, 1907, the second of 11 children of Wilhelmina Augusta Schuetzler Rotz and Walter Scott Rotz. She graduated from high school in Columbus Junction, Iowa, and stayed to teach for one year, before moving to the Moline area with her sister, Anna. In 1928, she married Earl Joseph Van Hull, the love of her life, and worked at Strombeck's until they began their family in 1941.
Florence cared for her family and volunteered her help in many activities at schools, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, DeMolay and the First Congregational Church of Moline. She was well-known for her cooking and baking skills, and her gardens were beautiful. After Earl's death in 1964, she returned to work part time.
In 1989, she moved to New Brunswick to be near her daughter and her young family, no small task for a woman of 82. She set up housekeeping in her own apartment and happily became the cookie baker for another generation. She joined the First Congregational Church of Fredericton and will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered.
Florence is survived by her daughter, Susan and her husband, Larry Simpson, and granddaughters, Kathryn (Brooks Chisholm) and Elizabeth, by granddaughter, Jane (Kevin Gillies and sons, Colin and Heath) and grandson, Drew (Sharon and children, Grace, Sterling and Laughlin), all of New Brunswick. She is also survived by her son, Alan, and his wife, Alma, and granddaughters, Andrea (Ray Moore and son, Evan) and Alicia (Jarrod Williamson and daughter, Natalie), all of Tennessee and Georgia; and by her sister, Darlene Burkeybile, sister-in-law, Dorothy Rotz, and numerous nieces and nephews in Illinois.
Graveside services will be conducted by the First Congregational Church of Moline at Greenview Memorial Gardens Chapel at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 20. Visitation and reception will be held after the service at a location to be announced. Esterdahl Mortuary, Moline, is assisting the family with local arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations to the First Congregational Church of Fredericton, Grace House, Fredericton Food Bank, Community Kitchen, Fredericton Emergency Shelter or other charity of the donor's choice would be appreciated.
Florence Alice Rotz was born in Wapello, Iowa, Aug. 9, 1907, the second of 11 children of Wilhelmina Augusta Schuetzler Rotz and Walter Scott Rotz. She graduated from high school in Columbus Junction, Iowa, and stayed to teach for one year, before moving to the Moline area with her sister, Anna. In 1928, she married Earl Joseph Van Hull, the love of her life, and worked at Strombeck's until they began their family in 1941.
Florence cared for her family and volunteered her help in many activities at schools, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, DeMolay and the First Congregational Church of Moline. She was well-known for her cooking and baking skills, and her gardens were beautiful. After Earl's death in 1964, she returned to work part time.
In 1989, she moved to New Brunswick to be near her daughter and her young family, no small task for a woman of 82. She set up housekeeping in her own apartment and happily became the cookie baker for another generation. She joined the First Congregational Church of Fredericton and will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered.
Florence is survived by her daughter, Susan and her husband, Larry Simpson, and granddaughters, Kathryn (Brooks Chisholm) and Elizabeth, by granddaughter, Jane (Kevin Gillies and sons, Colin and Heath) and grandson, Drew (Sharon and children, Grace, Sterling and Laughlin), all of New Brunswick. She is also survived by her son, Alan, and his wife, Alma, and granddaughters, Andrea (Ray Moore and son, Evan) and Alicia (Jarrod Williamson and daughter, Natalie), all of Tennessee and Georgia; and by her sister, Darlene Burkeybile, sister-in-law, Dorothy Rotz, and numerous nieces and nephews in Illinois.
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