Rosa Belle Mull

Mrs. Rosa Belle Mull Mrs. Rosa Belle Mull, 103, of Bartlesville and formerly of Wayside, Kansas, died at 8:45 A.M. on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Bartlesville Health & Rehab Community. A memorial service honoring Mrs. Mull’s memory will be held at 2 P.M. on Monday, December 23, 2013 at the Town & Country Christian Church with Pastor Lanny Smith officiating and assisted by Mr. Tom Nace. Interment will be in the Sunnyside Cemetery at Caney, Kansas directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Casket escorts will include Jimmy Huffman, Joe Sewell, Eddie Jones, Ike Gordon, Randy Stringer and Steve Siddle. Memorial funds have been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the Wayside Christian Church, c/o Sharon Wiggins, 208 East 5th Street, Caney, Kansas 67333 or to the Town & Country Christian Church, 616 N.E. Washington Blvd., Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74006. Mrs. Mull was born at Wayside, Kansas on October 28, 1910 the daughter of Lumzen Percy and Maggie Mae (Zenor) Bloom. She grew up and received her education at Wayside and graduated from Wayside High School. She was married to Arthur Ray “Bill” Mull on January 22, 1933 at South Coffeyville, Oklahoma. They made their home briefly in Independence, Kansas and in Nowata, Oklahoma but most of their married life they lived at Wayside, Kansas. Mr. Mull was active as an oil field worker and Mrs. Mull served as the Postmistress for the Wayside Post Office from 1958 until her retirement in 1976. Mr. Mull preceded her in death on August 31, 1991 after 58 years of marriage. Mrs. Mull continued her home at Wayside, Kansas until moving to Bartlesville in 2001. She was an active member of the Wayside Christian Church where she taught Sunday School for over 50 years, and had also served as the church treasurer as well as the Sunday School Superintendent. After moving to Bartlesville she became a member of the Town & Country Christian Church. She enjoyed spending time with family, playing games, gardening and following her retirement she enjoyed traveling. She also enjoyed watching basketball and was an avid KU basketball fan. Mrs. Mull is survived by one daughter, Shirley Tyler and husband Joe of Bartlesville, three grandchildren, Pamela Tyler Siddle and husband Steve, Curtis Tyler and Valerie Tyler Stringer and husband Randy, four great grandchildren, Stephanie Sherrick, Caitlin Siddle Washington and husband Patrick, Jennifer Stringer Boggs and husband Ryan and Matthew Stringer, and three great great grandchildren. Madisyn Robison, Wyatt Boggs and Morgan Boggs. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters and a great grandson, Jonathon Siddle. PDF Printable Version

Rosa Belle Mull

October 28, 1910 - December 18, 2013