William R Hull

William “Bill” Hull, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts died on March 25, 2025 of complications of Parkinson’s disease. Born to Evelyn Hull (Mandel) and William Hull and raised in Newark and Cranford, New Jersey. Bill graduated from Cranford High School and served in the U.S. Army for three years. Using the G.I. bill he put himself through Union County College and the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1970 with a degree in government. Subsequently he received a master’s degree in anthropology from Montclair State University. An innovative middle school social studies teacher in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Bill was beloved and at times abused by many a thirteen year old over his thirty two years in education.

Always a lover of gardening, Bill enjoyed growing vegetables, at times walking through his neighborhood delivering the fruits of his labors to others. In retirement he became a master gardener and enjoyed creating beautiful surroundings for his Martinville, New Jersey home. Similarly Bill’s love of cooking grew, often using his own produce, and he delighted in providing great meals for family and friends, and sometimes for those he didn’t know at all.

Bill is survived by Martha, his loving wife of 52 years, a son, Adam (Meredith) of Springfield, NJ and a daughter Erin (Jay Harris) of Boston and four grandchildren: Courtney and Brian Hull and Samuel and Eli Harris as well as a brother Gerald of Carrboro, North Carolina.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that Bill’s desire that people, both near and far, be well-fed be honored by contributions to either Rose’s Bounty, a West Roxbury food pantry Roses Bounty Food Pantry.   https://donorbox.org/roses-bounty-food-pantry

Or The Greater Boston Food Bank. my.gbfb.org

All are welcome to attend a memorial service for Bill at 12 noon on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at The Robert J. Lawler & Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Centre St. West Roxbury, MA 02132 

To view Bill’s funeral service via Livestream, click the link below.