Darlene Maydell (Fulton) Fritz of Lombard, Illinois passed away at her home in Lexington Square Retirement Center on March 1, 2025. Darlene was born on July 15, 1931 in her grandparent's farmhouse in rural Randolph County near Sparta, IL to the late Dean Hamilton Fulton and Elizabeth Ann ("Bessie") Patton Fulton. The home was on property that is now part of the World Shooting and Recreation Complex. The family lived on this farm with her paternal grandparents William and Sara Etta Fulton during the Depression of the 1930's, relying on food raised on the farm and home canning while using horses to work the fields. The farm used kerosene lamps, a wood burning stove, hand drawn water and an outhouse for the basics with no electricity until Darlene was in grammar school. Her father was a carpenter.Darlene attended a one-room school house, for grammar school with about 20 other children. The family moved to Tilden, Illinois when she was in 5th grade. Darlene lived in Tilden, Illinois with

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