Edwin Lee Hull, age 91, of Hill City, Kansas, passed away on May 17, 2021, under the kind care of Hospice and The Dawson Place. He was born in Hill City on February 3, 1930, in time to endure the Great Depression, a devastating drought, and the dust bowl that swept across the Plains. The endurance he developed during these hard times likely served to hone his spirit and will to survive long after medically predicted.
Edwin was united in marriage to Donna Lee Sester originally from Wamego, Kansas, on August 13,1949, after a three-week courtship that started at the original Buck’s Grill in Hill City. They were married for 70 years when she passed in 2019. In addition to working on the family farm for many years, Edwin was employed as a truck driver, a roughneck, and for thirty years as a heavy equipment operator for Graham County, a job he enjoyed, which afforded him with years of stories to regale others with about his adventures. After he retired, Edwin drove a school bus for nearly a decade and delivered Meals on Wheels for the local senior center for twenty-two years. He enjoyed country music, traveling, square dancing, his dogs, and his coffee buddies at Cameron’s Corner.
Edwin is survived by his favorite (and only) daughter, Diane Hull, and her spouse, David Backstrom of Deerfield, New Hampshire; his younger brother, Russell, and his wife, Joan Hull, of Hill City, and his nieces Natalie Reynolds and Linda Hull-Viera, in addition to many cousins and fine friends, who enriched his life and kept a smile on his face.
Private family services will be at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hill City High School Alumni Association through the Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th Street, WaKeeney, KS 67672.