| Graduation Year | Class of 1968 |
| Date of Birth | Dec 25, 1950 |
| Date of Passing | Jul 14, 2023 |
| About | Daughter of Neal and Arvilla Spickert, both deceased Crawford County, Kansas Farm Family She attended Cherokee, Kansas Public Schools, and graduated from Southeast High School in 1968. She attend Kansas State College of Pittsburg, later renamed Pittsburg State University, 1968-1973, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education. Following graduation, she did graduate level studies and was among the first group of women selected for admittance into the university's MBA program. With limited resources, she worked her way through, and paid off her student loans within a year of graduation. During university years, she worked in a restaurant and then as an administrative assistant in the City Court Office. On campus, she worked in several offices, but the major position held was resident manager of the Married Student Apartments. She was a good student, but also a person interested in all the various activities of the campus world. For instance, she was a member of the KSCP Skydivers Club, and logged seven jumps in her record book. Lorella met Richard Paul Fulton in the fall of 1969, when he arrived on campus from a military assignment in Vietnam. The couple married 25 December 1970, They had two sons, Shawn Patrick Spickert-Fulton, 7 November 1971, and Travis Ryan Spickert-Fulton, 3 June 1989. Shawn is an Army Scientist. He married Sharon Elaine Bray, a New Jersey attorney, in 2008 and the couple has two sons, Lorella's grandsons, Neal and Nathan.Travis works for a large chain type movie theater, located in Lawrence, Kansas, and is doing well with it. Following university years, Rick, Lorella and Shawn moved to Leavenworth, Kansas where Rick was employed by the US Army, and Lorella was household manager. The following years, until retirement at Fort Jackson in 1995, were spent at various military locations, including Fort Hood in Texas, and Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Particularly, the family lived in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1982-1984 and 1986-1990. During this period of civilian employment for Rick, Lorella was an English as a Second Language instructor, and worked with members of the Seoul business, athletic and fashion communities. |
