John Duane Bull, beloved husband and father, died peacefully on July 15, 2021 with his wife by his side. He was born on September 29, 1941 to Lloyd & Rosa Mae Bull in Enid, Oklahoma where he was also raised. Upon graduating from Enid High School in 1959 he served in the U. S. Air Force until 1963. After serving 3 years, John married the love of his life, Lavina Eck, on May 27, 1962. John and Lavina had only been married one month when he was transferred overseas to Goose Bay, Labrador.
Over the years, John and his family lived in Wichita, KS; Bartlesville, OK; Broken Arrow, OK and moved to Houston, TX in 1981 where they built and lived in their home for 39 years. John started his career as a programmer working for IBM in 1966 and later worked for Amdahl, BMC software, and Candle Corp. He had a brilliant mind and was often sought out by others for help with solving programming problems. While working for Candle Corp., IBM purchased the company. He retired from IBM in 2007.
John’s greatest joy was his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He had a special love in his heart for little children. He would always reach out wanting to hold and play with babies and little ones. You would find him attending his children and grandchildren’s school and church events. He loved watching them participate in sports, led his son’s Boy Scout troop and made sure they were raised to love the Lord.
John had a love for his Lord and was a member of Tallowood Baptist Church where he was a member of the Joshua Bible Class. He was very knowledgeable of the word of God and loved quizzing the grandchildren about the Bible. He could do about anything he decided to do which included designing four of the family homes and helping build one of them.
John loved singing and whistling. He sang at all his children’s and several family weddings, sang solos for Bible classes, directed children’s choirs and sang in various church choirs. Every day when coming home from work, he would be whistling as he entered the house.
John is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Lavina (Eck) Bull and children Rick Bull (Jennifer), Sonja Spjut (Thomas) and Karena Kersten (Bruce). John has 18 grandchildren: Kaylee Bull, Lauren Bull, Grace Bull, Stephanie Weda (Sean), Sarah Chisolm (Blake), Tyler Spjut, Timothy Spjut, Sophia Spjut, Mary Spjut, Isabella Spjut, Andrew Kersten, Jenna Kersten, Rachel Kersten, Travis Kersten, Susanna Kersten, Michael Kersten, Elizabeth Kersten & Henry Kersten. Great Grandchildren are Hudson Weda, Mason Weda & twelve day old Hayden Chisolm. John was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Robert Lloyd Bull and William Kenneth Bull.
A visitation will be held at Brookside Funeral Home (9149 Hwy 6 N., Houston 77095) on Sunday, July 25 from 4-8pm. A funeral service will be held in the chapel at Tallowood Baptist Church (555 Tallowood Rd., Houston 77024) on Monday, July 26 at 11am with the Final Committal Service at Houston National Cemetery (10410 Veterans Memorial Dr., Houston 77038) at 1:15pm. Family and friends are invited to a reception immediately following the burial at 2:30pm at Champion Forest Baptist Church-Jersey Village (16518 Jersey Dr., Jersey Village 77040). Online viewing of the service will be available at tallowood.org/watch.
In lieu of flowers, family is requesting donations be made in memory of John Bull to the Houston Area Parkinson Society, 2700 Southwest Freeway, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77098. Contact number is (713) 626-7114 or at www.hapsonline.org
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