Doug Gil Tulper

Doug enjoyed active participation in a variety of neighborhood activities at Kennesaw's Legacy Park, including the finance committee, Men's Club, Senior's Club and managing the neighborhood clubhouse. He was recently selected Citizen of the Year by the community. He enjoyed being involved in his grandchildren’s lives.

Born in Toronto, he moved to Saint Louis at the age of nine. He also lived in Chicago and New Jersey before enlisting in the Army, in which he served during the Korean War as a radio operator.

Upon returning to the US he attended Rutgers University, graduating with an Accounting degree. He married Mary-Ellen Jackson and had two daughters.

Doug worked in New York City as a Reinsurance Auditor, eventually retiring from Norman Reitman Company in 1999. While working there, he supervised several international audits, traveling to many locations including Iran, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Johannesburg and London. His expertise led to many high profile cases which included providing expert testimony in front of a Congressional subcommittee investigating insurance fraud.

When not on the road he and his wife Mary-Ellen, lived in Mahopac, NY and Ocean Beach, NJ with their daughters Deborah Allen and Cheryl Yarde. He moved to Kennesaw 13 years ago. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and three grandchildren; Douglas and Kelsey Allen and Caitlin Yarde along with two sons-in-law Robert Allen and Deryck Yarde. He also is survived by his nephew Cliff Hallmark who is like a son to him and by Cliff’s daughter Rachael.

Although gifted with numbers he was known to mangle the English language and often mixed his metaphors. He advised his daughters to "never count your bridges before they hatched or to never look a gift horse in the eye". Always saying "you know what I meant". "He could make us laugh till we cried" said his daughters. "We will miss him and his sense of humor terribly, but always treasure the memories." His favorite expression was “just give me the bottom line”.

A devoted husband and care giver, the last year of his life was spent caring for his wife of 54 years, Mary-Ellen, during a long complicated illness. He never missed a day of visiting her in the hospital to bring her favorite meals.