William "Bill" Joseph Hula

William "Bill" J. Hula, 80, of Blue Rapids, KS, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the Blue Valley Nursing Home in Blue Rapids. A funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 6, at the United Presbyterian Church in Blue Rapids. Pastor Leonard Goering officiated. Visitation was Sunday from 1 until 9 p.m. at Kinsley Mortuary in Marysville. The family received friends between 6 and 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Luree Gallup played the organ while Richard C. Shermoen sangs “The Lord’s Prayer", “How Great Thou Art” and "Beyond the Sunset”. The pallbearers were Donald Gallup, Mike Einspahr, Kevin Hula, George Gallup, Mike Lower, Rodney Gallup and Christopher Hula. The honorary pallbearers were Olen Reed, Jim Crabb, Ivan Hula, Jerry Weis, Neal Simnitt, Don Kotapish, Charles Hula, Victor Stanley, Richard E. Shermoen, Leo Sandmann and Phillip Osborne. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Blue Rapids. Bill was born January 12, 1929 at Blue Rapids, the son of William J., Sr., and Libbie (Novotny) Hula. He graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1947. On April 18, 1976 he married Dorothy (Harris) Gallup. Bill was a lifelong farmer, member of the United Presbyterian Church and served on the Farmers' Coop Board for several years. He was preceded in death by his parents; and infant brother, Robert. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; three step-sons, Rodney Gallup of Englewood, CO, George Gallup and wife Diane of Mandeville, LA, and Donald Gallup and wife Lisa of Albuquerque, NM; one brother, Harold Hula and wife Anna Marie of Topeka, KS; five step grandchildren; two step great granddaughters; and nephews, Kevin Hula and wife Sue of Baltimore, MD, and Christopher Hula and wife Julie of Overland Park, KS. Memorial may be made to the church or Meadowlark Hospice and sent in care of Kinsley Mortuary, Marysville. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of William "Bill" Joseph Hula, please visit our flower store.