John "Tom" Thomas Hull

John otherwise known as Tommy or Tom Hull, was born on November 29, 1949 to Jack J. Hull and Alice Mary (Chech) Hull in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He departed this life May 6, 2019 at the age of 69 years and 5 months at The Journey Home in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Tom was raised west of Pawhuska. He attended Pawhuska High School and was a part of the class of 1968. He enlisted in the Army National Guard in 1968. On May 19, 1968 he married Kim Kimes in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. They moved to Michigan where Tommy worked, for a short time, as a pipeline welder. On April 28, 1971 they welcomed their first child, a son, John Thomas Hull II (JohnT.) in Pawhuska Hospital. On September 1, 1974 they welcomed their second child, a daughter, Michelle Mary Hull in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Tom swept floors for Scrappie Deckard and eventually worked his way up to welder. Tom started Tom’s Welding Service in 1971 which grew into one of the region’s largest welding and oilfield service companies. Never one to back down from a challenge, he harnessed that wildcat spirit and started Hull Oil Company. After finding success as an oil and gas producer, he and Chuck Drummond partnered and founded Drummond and Hull Oil company. Tom possessed the foresight to purchase oil leases that had been passed over by the major producers and was able to find oil reserves where others hadn’t. One of Tom’s dreams was to buy Dream Valley Ranch in Pawhuska. He would drive out there, when he was in high school, and tell everyone he would own it someday. Someday came, after years of saving, and he bought that beautiful 200 acre spread of land with an old farmhouse and barn which he had totally renovated and doubled in size. On June 1, 1991 Tom married Mary Pettigrove in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. This marriage completed his family with the addition of John and Lisa. Some of Tom’s favorite places to travel were the slopes of Colorado (where he also loved to visit family), the beaches of Hawaii, Las Vegas and any place that sold turkey legs and homemade sweet treats full of pecans. Tom also enjoyed working with his father, Jack, in his gold mines in Colorado. He never met a stranger during his travels where numerous business deals and friendships began. Tom believed that in order to be successful, he needed to surround himself with smart, honest, hard working people. Those employees quickly became his friends and continued their friendships throughout his life. In spite of his forty-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis, Tom remained upbeat and positive, always cracking a joke and never saying “why me?” Tom is preceded in death by his parents Alice (Chech) Hull (2009), Jack Hull (2011) and son John Byrd (2011). He is survived by Mary Hull, his wife of 27 years of the Pawhuska home; son JohnT. Hull and wife Monica Hull of Panama City Beach, Florida, daughter Michelle Hubler and husband Hank Hubler of Bristow, Oklahoma, daughter Lisa Kehrberg and husband Jason Kehrberg of Long Grove, Illinois and son Elijah Watson of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Siblings: Mary Merchant of Durango, Colorado, Bernadette Gray of Cleveland, Oklahoma, Jody Hull of Pawhuska, Oklahoma Louanna Allen of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, half-sister Jackie Bailey of Bartlesville and step brother James Hager of Pawhuska. Grandchildren: Rachael Greene, Alivia Greene, Jack Hull, Whit Hull, Sam Hubler, Shelby Hubler, Stella Hubler, Charlie Kehrberg and Katherine Kehrberg. He is also survived by a host of other relatives who love him dearly. The family suggests memorial donations to be made to The Journey Home in Bartlesville or if one prefers, flowers are being handled by Tallgrass Prairie Flowers and More in Pawhuska.

John "Tom" Thomas Hull

November 29, 1949 - May 6, 2019