God looked around His garden and he found an empty place. He then looked down upon this earth, and saw your tired face. He put His arms around you, and lifted you to rest. God’s garden must be beautiful, He always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering; He knew you were in pain. He knew that you would never get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough and the hills are hard to climb. So He closed your weary eyelids and whispered, “Peace be thine.” It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone. For part of us went with you the day God called you home.
John Paul Puller
1950 - 2010
1950 - 2010
Chesterton resident John P. Puller passed away on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at home, after a four year battle with colon cancer. He was 59.
Also surviving are daughters Melody (Mike) Freeman of Brownsburg, Ind., Kristin (Rick) Suriano of Valparaiso, and Amanda Puller (friend Matt Burruss) of Arlington, Va.; brothers Kenneth (wife Reva) Puller of Carmel, Ind. and Tony Puller of Carl Junction, Mo.; and granddaughters Anabelle and Emilia Freeman and Lillian Suriano.
John enjoyed life, especially spending time with his family and friends. A loving husband and father, he was a 1972 graduate of Indiana State University. He worked 27 years as a supervisor at Inland and later Mittal Steel, before retiring on January 1, 2009.
John was a former member of Parents Without Partners, and was a regular attendee at Liberty Bible Church and the LBC Common Cause Small Church. John was passionate about helping others and worked at several Sharefests and Rebuilding Together projects while undergoing cancer treatments himself. He was a very caring and compassionate individual and helped raise funds for a home for children whose parents had died from AIDS in Burkina Faso in West Africa.
The funeral service will be Tuesday, May 18 at 11 a.m. at Liberty Bible Church, 824 North Calumet Ave., with Pastor Greg Carter officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday, May 17 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the White-Love Funeral Home, 525 S. 2nd St., Chesterton, and on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. For more information, call 926-1309.
Memorials may be given to the West African Christian Ministries (Bethesda Home - in John's memory), 900 E. Jefferson St., Valparaiso, IN 46383. Or the ACS -Donations
Memorials may be given to the West African Christian Ministries (Bethesda Home - in John's memory), 900 E. Jefferson St., Valparaiso, IN 46383. Or the ACS -
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I am so sorry for your loss, Melody. We were going through this same thing last year as we lost Matt's dad to pancreatic cancer. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
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