{"id":11983,"date":"2016-03-10T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=11983"},"modified":"2016-08-17T07:10:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T11:10:33","slug":"a-sad-farewell-the-fultons-love-huntsville-and-the-feeling-is-mutual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/a-sad-farewell-the-fultons-love-huntsville-and-the-feeling-is-mutual\/","title":{"rendered":"A sad farewell: the Fultons love Huntsville, and the feeling is mutual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, I will be profiling an extraordinary human being who lives in our community. If you know someone who is doing something interesting with their life, I want to hear about it. Send me an email at <\/strong><\/em>laura.maclean@doppleronline.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Home is where the heart is. And for 83-year-old Betty Fulton, her heart belongs in Huntsville.<\/p>\n

She is having some mixed feelings right now about a big move to St. Catharines. Her husband, Ches, a charismatic 89-year-old who still has a whole lot of charm and wit, has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. In a month, he will face a radical cystectomy. His age certainly didn\u2019t make him a prime candidate for the invasive five-hour surgery, but the doctor is willing to give it a try. Time is ticking and they want to get set up in their new living quarters at a retirement home before it happens.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just love everything about Huntsville,\u201d Betty tells me. We\u2019re talking on the phone and as soon as she says, \u201cHello,\u201d I sense she\u2019s pretty down. She admits she is. She\u2019s been \u201cutterly stressed\u201d with all the packing. She had to take two days off to rest in bed. But a play at Chaffey Hall on Sunday afternoon lifted her spirits. It was just what she needed. She\u2019s going to miss that about Huntsville. It has some great theatre productions.<\/p>\n

The big move is only two days away. Luckily, her good friends Karen and Ken Hewitt, who she calls \u201cinvaluable,\u201d have been helping the Fultons pack up their life from their Dairy Lane condo. Betty tells me more than once that she\u2019s not happy about having to move.<\/p>\n

\u201cChes seems excited,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I\u2019m not excited at all. This is my home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two of their five kids (four boys and a girl; I\u2019m still in awe) live in St. Catharines and have been pushing for them to move closer for about a year now. There will be more support for them after Ches has his surgery. He will be down for at least a month as he recovers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t