Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, April 12, 2000
CARRIE FAY PULLEN - Funeral services for Carrie Fay Pullen were held April 10 at Carson Presbyterian Church with Rev. Michael Harvey officiating. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa.
Carrie Fay Pullen, one of 14 children of Louis Elmer and Mary Elsina (Rabourn) Wyckoff, was born on January 4, 1914 in Bedford, Iowa.
Fay attended Bedford High School and then worked for her father in his wallpaper business.
On June 18, 1933, Fay and William A. [lbert] "Bill" Pullen were united in marriage in Bedford, where Bill managed an oil company and Fay cleaned homes.
Their marriage was blessed with five children: Nancy, Arthur, Gloria, Bill, and Kathy. After a couple of years, Fay and Bill moved to Shambaugh, Iowa where they worked together managing an oil company with an adjoining cafe. They returned to Bedford in 1943 and Bill worked a short time for Cudahy's driving a cream truck and then started his life-long farming career. In 1966 they moved to a farm near Macedonia.
Fay was always a faithful member of the Christian Church in Bedford, and after moving to Macedonia attended the Wheeler Grove Church and the women's Fellowship.
Fay's family was the most important part of her life. She and Bill always hosted Sunday dinners and all the holidays were spent at their home. Fay enjoyed reading, cross stitching, and making quilts, which she loved giving to family members.
Bill and Fay had enjoyed 50 years of marriage when Bill died on October 5, 1983. Following Bill's death, Fay moved to Carson, Iowa and became active in the Carson Presbyterian Church and women's Fellowship.
In 1996, Fay suffered a stroke and moved to the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, Iowa. Fay died at the Oakland Manor on April 6, 2000, having attained the age of 86 years, three months and two days.

Fay was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bill; an infant daughter Nancy Elaine; brothers Fred, Arthur, Glenn, Alva, Leroy, Ross, and Lee Archer; sisters Rose Cortner, May Smith, and Beulah Belle; half sister Leila Wyckoff; half brothers Eldon and Carl Wyckoff; son-in-law Ray Howard; granddaughter Annette Pullen; grandsons William Pullen, Gene Pullen, and Gary Pullen.

Fay is survived by her children Arthur Pullen and wife Mae of Omaha, Neb.; Gloria Howard of Dallas, Texas; Bill Pullen and wife Lee of Carson; and Kathy Conover and husband Craig of rural Carson, Iowa; brother Rex Wyckoff of Bedford, Iowa; sisters Nina Gaule of Bedford, Iowa and Bonnie Weil of Cheyenne, Wyo.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.