Michele Therese Fulk - Obituary

ICHELE THERESE DeMOULIN FULK, 67, of Clinton, Maryland, passed away suddenly on 18 July 2025 after complications from an on-going medical condition. Michele was the first child of Martin and Lorraine (Tomczak) DeMoulin. She was born on 24 June 1958 in Saint Louis, Missouri, raised in Mulberry Grove, Illinois, and graduated from the Bond County Community Unit #1 High School in 1976. She attended Greenville College (now University), graduating with a bachelor’s in science degree in Biology/Chemistry in 1980. She was a member of Saint Lawrence Catholic Church in Greenville, where she received her sacraments, from Baptism to Matrimony. During this time, she sang in the Sunday and Holiday choirs, and sang for weddings and funerals. In 1983, Michele married Richard A. Fulk in 1983 who was in the US Navy. Together they were assigned to the Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, multiple times as a Navy couple, but sadly later divorced, having no children between them. She lived in Maryland afterwards, residing and working in both Anne Arundel and Prince Georges Counties. Michele was employed for several years in the food industry at Rieve’s Deli in Odenton and then worked first at Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Parish, Odenton, and then at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church and Catholic School of Piscataway, Clinton, where she was working at the time of her death. Michele was a devout Roman Catholic who lived in witness to the tenets of her faith in all walks of her life, guided by a deep prayer life, devotion to Our Lord, and dedication to serving Holy Mother Church. Because of this, in addition to fulfilling the duties of her work position, she was also a dedicated volunteer in the parish communities of both churches throughout her time in Maryland, serving where she was needed: as Youth Coordinator, Ladies Sodality, Legion of Mary, cantor during Mass, soloist for weddings and funerals, activities photographer, hospitality, religious education coordinator and teacher, and events planner. “Miss Michele” enjoyed her time with parish youth and was especially proud of establishing a comfy and cool teen center for the Saint Joseph youth to meet for their religious education and to hang out together afterwards. She frequently took “her” children to various worship and charitable events, such as serving meals to homeless at the Our Daily Bread Center in Baltimore. In 2013, for these and many other contributions, she received a special recognition award from the Archdiocese of Baltimore for her dedicated work and volunteer contributions to her Odenton parish. Despite her many decades in Maryland, Michele made sure everyone knew she was still a “Saint Louie Woman,” remaining a life-long promoter of her birth city and a proud fan of professional sports teams like the Cardinals and the Blues. Her dream was to one day return to live in her beloved city, the place of so many childhood memories and more recent visits to the Zoo, the Gateway Arch, Busch Stadium, the Art Museum, and her family’s favorite restaurants. One special visit to Saint Louis was in February 2014 during the City’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of its founding. A few years later, she was invited by the Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce to present her suggestions for better signposting attractions, many of which were implemented and are still around town. Other life interests included travel, American and Church history, reading, photography, spiritual studies, and genealogy research. She also loved her family, no matter how distantly related they were, enjoying visiting and talking with her siblings, niece and nephews, and her many aunts and first cousins. Michele was preceded in death by both parents and all grandparents. She is survived by sister Gabrielle DeMoulin (Michael Sellers) of Ridgely, Tennessee; brother Michael DeMoulin of Pensacola, Florida; and brother Stanley DeMoulin of Baltimore, Maryland; nephew James-Michael Sellers (Katie Foote and their son Asher and daughter Lydia) of Omaha, Nebraska and Lubbock, Texas; nephew Joseph-Martin Sellers (Maria Fernanda Tellez Sanchez, and their daughters Jeanette, Isabella, and Olivia) of Tijuana, Mexico; and niece Sonya DeMoulin of Daegu, South Korea. Michele is also survived by several aunts and uncles, two of which she was especially close, her father’s sister Marcella Lawson of Linthicum, Maryland and her family; and her mother’s sister and godmother Elizabeth “Betty” Ganis of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina and her family. Michele is also survived by numerous cousins and many dear friends nearby and around the world whom she considered part of her family. The following services have been arranged to celebrate Michele’s life: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Reverent Father William Viola on at 09:00, Wednesday, 30 July at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, 1283 Odenton Road, Odenton, Maryland, her parish and workplace for many years, where she still has many friends. This service will be preceded by Visitation and followed by a light lunch. A Mass for Christian Burial will be concelebrated for her current parish family by the Reverend Fathers Gregory Zingler and Plummer at 11:00, Friday, 1 August, in Saint Mary’s Catholic Church of Piscataway’s main church Samuel, 13401 Piscataway Road, Clinton, Maryland. This service will be preceded at 10:00 by Visitation and the praying of the Most Holy Rosary by the Ladies Sodality. For Illinois friends and family, a third and final Mass for Christian Burial will be celebrated by Reverend Father Jeffrey Stone at 10:00 on Friday, 26 September, at her home parish, Saint Lawrence Catholic Church, 512 South Prairie, Greenville, preceded by Visitation at 0900 in the church's meeting space. Burial rites will follow at the DeMoulin family plot in the Mulberry Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers for these three services, the family asks that all who loved Michele to please consider celebrating her memory with a special intention Mass, a donation to the Maryland Right to Life or to the charity of your choice, or an act of Christian charity within your community.