Paul Hull

Paul E. Hull, age 89, of Glendive, Montana, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024 after a lengthy illness. Paul was born in 1935 in England, and grew up in present-day London during the Second World War. His six years of elementary education coincided with the beginning and end of the war, upon which he attended eight more years of school before attending Oxford University on a State Scholarship to pursue a degree in Modern Languages. During high school, he met his future wife, Anne. Paul entered the teaching profession after receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University in 1956. During the next four years, he married Anne, became a father, and continued to teach as he studied at Oxford to earn a Master of Arts. In 1963, with three children now, Paul and Anne moved from England to the Mediterranean island of Malta. While there, he taught at St. Andrew’s Army School and went on adventures with his wife and children for the next six years. In 1969, the family of (now) eight emigrated to Iowa, where Paul initially taught French to college students. In 1975, at the height of our country’s preparation for her Bicentennial celebration, the entire Hull family became naturalized citizens of the United States of America. A few years later, Paul moved with most of his family to Colorado, welcomed one more child to the family, and lived there until making his final long-distance move to Glendive in 1985. Paul had left the teaching profession while in Iowa, but he did not leave education entirely. He presided over the Board of Education for his children’s elementary school in Iowa, and he served for nearly ten years on the Board of Directors for the Glendive Public Library. While in Colorado, he helped introduce schools and students to the benefits of using microcomputers to individualize student learning. Paul was an excellent writer, and completed his professional career as an Editor of six international magazines serving the construction, water, and wastewater handling industries. As a younger man, he published several short stories for youth magazines, and wrote a few unpublished short novels. In 2014, he published Here, from Somewhere, a fictional novel about the men and women who settled a town in 19th-century Montana. While living in Montana, Paul also developed an interest in painting. Though he never considered himself to be a consistently good artist, he did admit to being pleased with the quality of some of his creations, many of which hang on the walls of his friends’ and family’s homes. Other activities which brought him pleasure were reading, gardening, listening to music, chatting with people as he walked around the neighborhood, and writing hundreds of letters to his family and friends in faraway places. Paul also loved spending time with his young children, whether that be playing any number of games, outdoor activities, and sports; or telling an adventurous (and usually humorous) story. Paul is survived by six children and twelve grandchildren. He is predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Anne, and his eldest daughter, Margaret. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, October 4, 2024 at the Silha Funeral Home in Glendive. Interment will follow in the Dawson County Cemetery in Glendive. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Remembrances and condolences can be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.

Paul Hull

April 3, 1935 - July 13, 2024

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April 3, 1935 - July 13, 2024

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