Lyle George Krull | Obituaries

Lyle George Krull

March 1, 1932 – March 14, 2021

Lyle George Krull was born on March 1, 1932 in Sprague, Nebraska. He and his twin sister Laurel were the youngest of four children. He grew up in Nebraska and then joined the Navy in June 1952. He spent a year in Japan, enjoyed the country and its people immensely, and loved telling stories about his experiences there. In June 1956 he left the Navy and worked as an orderly in Vancouver, Washington. There he met Shirley Christensen; They married in 1959 and were together until their death in 2016. Dad was a banker at Baker Boyer for many years, running the Eastgate and Plaza branches in Walla Walla. When he retired in 1990, he and his mother moved to Long Beach, Washington, and returned to Walla Walla in 2011 to be closer to the family. After Mama’s death, Dad moved to the Walla Walla Veterans Home in Umatilla House in summer 2017.

A special thank you to all of the staff who looked after him so well. We love you for it. You know who you are

Lyle is survived by his children Peggy Haynie (Bob), Allison Oleson (Kevin), Matthew Krull (Judy) and Kurt Krull (Darla); five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

His ashes will be interred in Highland Cemetery in La Center, Washington, later that year. Mom and her little dog two will be with him again.

I would say, “I’m very grateful that Dad never treated me like a stepchild.”

Allison says, “He was our father and we loved him.”

Says Matt, “The three of us (Matt, Kurt, and Dad) get into a good-natured argument over the proper installation of a split pin on a tractor tire. . . ”

Kurt says, “Dad would say, ‘Mow the lawn so we can go to Pay’ n Pak. ‘”

If you would like to donate to the Parkinson’s Foundation in Dad’s memory, it would be very grateful.