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Dr. William Hall Fulcher, 69, a resident of Albuquerque, died Sunday, June 9th, 2002. He was born on May 6th, 1933 in Mobile, Alabama to William Walton and Lois Evangeline Fulcher. He entered the Air Force in 1951 and served in Indochina and the Philippines as a sergeant until his release in 1955. After returning to the States, he graduated from Auburn University in 1958 with a degree in Engineering Physics. He moved to Albuquerque and work at Sandia Labs from 1958 to 1970 as an engineer. During this time he was an active member of the Sandia Peak Ski Patrol and the local mountain rescue team. He entered medical school at the University of New Mexico in 1970 and graduated in 1974. He completed his residency in orthopedics in Tucson, Arizona. He then moved to Lincoln, Nebraska and practiced orthopedics until his retirement in 1955 due to health problems. He returned to Albuquerque in 1998. He is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, William A. and Julie Fulcher in Sandia Park, New Mexico, and John and Joleen Fulcher of Shawnee, Kansas; daughters, Michelle Fulcher of Lawrence, Kansas, Danielle and Megan Fulcher of Lincoln, Nebraska; a stepdaughter, Suzette Vigil of Hobbs, New Mexico; one step-granddaughter; and one great step-granddaughter. Private family services were held at his son's home in Sandia Park on June 12th. The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of a donation to your local library to honor his love of history and reading.
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