Submitted by: Dan Rich

George F. Hull

Dec. 31, 1871 – Sept. 11, 1947

South Bend Tribune 9/11/1947 (Excerpts)

City councilman George F. Hull, 75, died in St. Joseph Hospital this morning, the result of a heart attack. He was born in Warsaw, Ind. Dec. 31, 1871, and spent his young manhood in Mishawaka. He gained wide prominence during 23 years of early business experience as a partner in a cigar store known as “Hullie’s and Mike’s”, and thereafter as a car salesman for 18 years, a pursuit which he followed until World War II.

He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Maude A. Penn, whom he married Aug. 20, 1899; a son, Stanley P. Hull; a daughter, Mrs. Louis V. Bruggner, both of South Bend; and three grandchildren, Mrs. A. W. Dailey Jr., George W. Bruggner, and Miss Suzanne Hull, all of South Bend; He is also survived by a brother, Frank M. Hull, of Los Angeles, and two sisters, Mrs. L. W. Snyder and Miss Katharine Hull, both of South Bend.

Friends will be received after 7:30 p.m. today in the McGann Funeral Home. Funeral services have beenb set tentatively for 2 p.m. Saturday in the First Methodist Church, of which he was a member, with Rev. William E. Clark, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.