Estell Darlene Fuller (Darlene) was born August 27, 1930, to Harry
Monroe Snow and Orah Rachel Power at Glade, KS. She left her beloved
home in Cedar, KS, on March 29, 2021. She was 90 years young. Darlene’s
birth order landed her in the middle of 11 siblings who have all
predeceased her. She attended grade school at Norton District 73 Country
School, and graduated from Agra high school, Agra, KS, class of 1948.
Darlene was the first of her family to graduate from high
school…although she was never one to bring attention to herself. Her
children hadn’t heard this fact until around her 80th birthday.
Darlene married Dale Fuller in 1950 at Phillipsburg, KS. To this
union were born four children: Steven Dale (Maureen) of Evans, CO; Darla
Dianne Brock (Robert) of Enfield, CT; Kent Douglas (Lenise) of Smith
Center, KS; Debra Darlene Bennett (Cecil) of Blanchard, OK. After moving
around while Dale worked on building numerous dams and roads, they
settled in Cedar. The small town suited the Fuller family, and Darlene
had no desire to live anywhere else.
Darlene raised her children in Cedar, keeping busy sewing her
daughters’ clothes, attending sporting and 4-H events, and working odd
jobs. Coming home from school and finding chocolate no-baked cookies,
homemade donuts, or saltine crackers filled with homemade frosting was
the norm for her kids. In 1971, she started working in the cabinet shop
at Peterson’s Industries in Smith Center. She enjoyed working there for
22 years. Later she kept busy by working Home Health in surrounding
towns. Darlene was proud to serve as the Treasurer for the City of Cedar
for 50 years. She attended the Cedar Christian Church. She enjoyed
doing crossword puzzles, reading, playing solitaire on the computer,
watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, listening for Monogram Money on
the KKAN radio station and, most of all, mowing her yard, which, at the
age of 90, she had to give up due to failing health.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Harry and Orah Snow; her
husband, Dale, in 2011; a great-granddaughter, Ella Grace Fuller; three
sisters and eight brothers; and numerous close friends and extended
family members.
Those left to mourn her loss are her spoiled dog, Sissy; her four
children and their spouses; her eleven grandchildren: Brandon and Kim
Fuller, Mustang, OK; Shilo and Darren Nichols, Minneapolis, KS; Trevor
Fuller, Minneapolis, KS; Clint and Jennifer Brock, Garden City, KS; Coby
Brock and Jennie Frost, Anchorage, AK; Casie and Martin Patry, Enfield,
CT; Toni and Jared Franz, Fort Belvoir, VA; Matthew Fuller, Smith
Center, KS; Victoria and Ross Coomes, Hoisington, KS; Jennifer and
Justin Siniard, Moore, OK; and Jamie Smith, Normal, IL. Darlene also
leaves behind 20 great grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren with the 4th
to be born in May.
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