Robert David Fulton, Sr.

Robert David Fulton passed away peacefully on April 9, 2026 with family by his side. He was 87 years old.

Robert (a.k.a. Bob or Tug) was born on August 2, 1938 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania to Raymond David and Mary Jane Fulton. He attended Ken-Hi where he met his “angel”, Patricia Ann Strenkowski. When the two young lovebirds eloped on April 26, 1958, they were told by their officiating minister that a union between a Baptist and a Catholic would never work. What that dear clergyman couldn’t know is that just a few years later, Pat would meet the Mormon missionaries. She embraced her new religion with an open heart and remarkable faith. After a handful of years, Bob followed her example. The two, along with their small children, were sealed together in the Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple on September 19, 1972, and their love story became one for all time and eternity.

Bob and Pat’s unshakeable faith would lead them to leave behind the comfort of the familiar and move their young family away from their beloved Pennsylvania to Utah, to be near the Saints. It was here in Utah that they grew their family to eight members, residing at times in Lehi, Pleasant Grove, Hurricane, Nephi, and Santaquin.

Bob held interesting careers during his lifetime. As a young man, he proudly served in the U.S. Navy on the warship U.S.S. Cotton. He instilled his love for this nation in his children as well. Bob was a strong, skilled mechanic who worked first for Cummins Intermountain Diesel in Salt Lake City and later as a Maintenance Superintendent for other companies in Indonesia, China and Russia. In his golden years he loved being a bus driver for Washington County School District.

Despite many decades in Utah, neither Bob nor Pat ever lost their love for Pennsylvania, or perhaps more specifically, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yinz have never seen truer fans. In fact, a compilation of Bob’s greatest passions might look something like this: God, family, country, Steelers football, pinochle, slot machines and ketchup.

Bob’s angel, Pat, passed away on January 9, 2022. After that, Bob’s zest for life dimmed a little and he anticipated the day when he could join her again. It is bittersweet then, that we say goodbye to this great man while celebrating their happy reunion. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Raymond Dennis, his sister Elsie Joyce, and his daughter Linda Ann (Brad) Brock. Bob is survived by his daughters Lori Lynn (Phillip) Moore, Patricia Fulton Cooke, and Mary Jane Fulton; his sons Todd Deemer (Elizabeth), Robert David, Jr (Candace), and 28 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.

Services will be held in his honor on Saturday, April 25 at the Pleasant Grove 3rd Ward meetinghouse located at 568 South 1050 West, at 11:00 a.m. His ashes, together with Pat’s, will be interred in Pennsylvania at a later date.

Thank you, Dad, for teaching us so much: how to love, how to live, and how to endure faithfully. In your own words, “I’ll see ya when I see ya.”