CORALEE KULL

Coralee Clifton Kull Cocoa Beach Coralee Clifton Kull of Cocoa Beach passed away March 24, 2011. Coralee was born August 20, 1935 in Little Rock, Arkan sas and graduated with top honors from University of Arkansas with a Mechani cal Engineering Degree. She was the first woman in Arkansas to be a certified double hose scuba diver. Coralee moved to Cocoa Beach in the early 1960s to work with the NASA Space Program and retired after 33 years. She read the Bible at least three times and was a Past Pres ident of the Barracudas Dive Club of Kennedy Space Center. Coralee had many hob bies and interests including crossword, Sudoku and Cryptoquip puzzles plus various types of sewing and crocheting. She was a certified pilot, scuba diver and also enjoyed traveling and snow skiing. Coralee was preceded in death by parents, Gus and Coralee Sloan Clifton. She is survived by husband, John Kull, of Cocoa Beach; daughter, Bonita Carrigo; and son, Gus Whisenant of Little Rock, Arkansas; grand- children, Remington and Colton Carrigo of Raleigh, North Carolina and Hunter Graham of Little Rock, Arkansas; stepdaughters, Jo Anne (Lewis) West of Gautier, MS, Dianne (Bill) Bryant of Melbourne, FL, Karen (Richard) Schafer of Orlando, Fl; step- grandchildren, Ferdi and Eric Schafer of Orlando, FL, Lewis (Renee) West, Jr.; and great-grandsons, Ethan and Aiden West of Millbrook, AL, and grand daughter, Stephanie West (Nick) Ladner of Brandon, MS. Family prefers memori als be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , American Cancer Society or American Heart Association . Memorial Services are at 2 pm, Monday, March 28, 2011 at National Cremation and Burial Society, 1200 South US 1, Cocoa, Flori da.

Published in FLORIDA TODAY on March 27, 2011