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William Howard Bull
Birth 13 Jul 1905
Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death 10 Feb 2003 (aged 97)
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Lakeview Cemetery
Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Memorial ID 91475129 · View Source

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William Howard Bull, CLU, Died on Monday, February 10th, at the age o
f 97. Howard spent his childhood in Upton, Massachusetts. Working hi
s way through school, he graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
, in 1929; he soon earned his Chartered Life Underwriters designation.

In 1932 he married Louise Elizabeth Wilt of Franklin, PA., a union tha
t lasted until his wife's death in l994.

Howard spent his working life with the Aetna Life Insurance Company; h
e served at offices in the East and the Midwest and was appointed Empl
oyee Benefits Division Manager at Indianapolis in l943, retiring fro
m that position in 1971 and continuing to work for the Aetna in the Li
fe Division until his full retirement in 1981. Howard was Past Preside
t of the Indianapolis chapter of Life Underwriters and of the Indiana
polis Accident and Health Underwriters Association. Howard chaired th
e insurance industry's Committee on Indiana Group Insurance Legislatio
in l953, the year in which the model Group Life and Group Sickness a
d Accident bills were passed.

Howard excelled in sports, in particular tennis, golf , swimming and d
iving, and was an avid amateur photographer.

He was co-founder and Past President of the Hoosier Bates Club and a
honorary member of the Bates College Club. Since l944, Howard and hi
s family were members of the Riviera Club; other memberships include
d the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Matinee Musicale, and the Contempora
y Club. He was Past President of Kiwanis Club North, where he had 3
4 years of perfect attendance. He later transferred membership to th
e Kiwanis Club of Meridian Hills and was inducted into the Legion of H
onor by virtue of fifty years of membership in the organization. Howar
d was a member of North United Methodist Church since 1944; his memori
al service will be held there this Sunday at two p.m., followed by a r
eception and visitation in the church parlor.

Memorial contributions may be made to North ME Church, the Bates Colle
ge Annual Fund, Kiwanis International Foundation, or a favorite charit
y.

Howard is survived by a daughter, Mary Eleanor Quint of Milwaukee, WI
; son William Howard Bull, Jr. and wife Karen Miller Bull of Lexington
, KY; three grandsons - Christopher Quint, Jeremy Quint, and Jonatha
Miller Bull; two granddaughters - Meredith Bull Buhalis and Jennife
Bull Woods; and one great-grandson, Adam Anderson.

His family is pleased that Howard could be a donor of both bone and fa
scia tissue. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Upton, Massachuse
tts

Published in the The Indianapolis IN Star on February 14, 2003


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Family/Spouse: Louise Elizabeth WILT. Louise (daughter of Audubon Brown WILT and Olive Bell WILLIAMS) was born on 8 May 1909 in Pennsylvania; died on 3 Apr 1994 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery - Upton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]