Kulak, Muriel S. Services for Muriel S. Kulak, 84, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 12, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Gerald Pinson officiating. Burial will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery. Muriel passed away Friday, March 9, 2007, at a local hospital. Mrs. Kulak was born May 8, 1922, in Mount Park, Oklahoma, to Vinet Alfonso and Stella Mae White Sockwell. She started school in Wink, Texas, in 1928, and graduated from Talco High School in 1939, and Tyler Commercial College in 1940. She worked for the government in Texarkana from 1942-1944, and then moved to Dallas to work at Hall Wholesale. She also worked as a florist for several years. On May 9, 1948, Muriel married Jerome Kulak in Garland, Texas, and later moved to Longview in December 1949. She worked for Mid-Valley Pipeline until her daughter, Linda Susan, was born in 1952. Her son, Ronald Jerome, was born in 1956, in the very same room, 313, at Gregg County Memorial Hospital, now Good Shepherd Medical Center. Mrs. Kulak, a member of Pine Tree Church of Christ, was always very involved in her kids' activities. She was room chairman numerous times, a member of the PTA, Sunday school teacher, Blue Bird and Camp Fire leader and Cub Scout leader, to name just a few. She never missed a ball game, band concert or school function. Muriel loved flowers, picnicking and traveling, both overseas and extensively in all but seven states in the United States. She truly had a zest for life. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two sisters-in-law. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Ernie McGarvey; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Alisa Kulak; grandchildren, Ryan and Amanda Kulak; brothers, Vernon Sockwell of California and V.A. Sockwell of Hide-a-way Lake; sisters-in-law, Freida Kulak and Cetrue Linahan of Kilgore. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions in honor of Muriel Kulak may be made to the American Cancer Society. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8:30 p.m. today, March 11, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home, 1617 Judson Road. A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/11/2007. ------------------------------ Kulak, Muriel S. Services for Muriel S. Kulak, 84, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. today, March 12, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Gerald Pinson officiating. Burial will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery. Muriel passed away Friday, March 9, 2007, at a local hospital. Mrs. Kulak was born May 8, 1922, in Mountain Park, Oklahoma, to Vinet Alfonso and Stella Mae White Sockwell. She started school in Wink, Texas, in 1928, and graduated from Talco High School in 1939, and Tyler Commercial College in 1940. She worked for the government in Texarkana from 1942-1944, and then moved to Dallas to work at Hall Wholesale. She also worked as a florist for several years. On May 9, 1948, Muriel married Jerome Kulak in Garland, Texas, and later moved to Longview in December 1949. She worked for Mid-Valley Pipeline until her daughter, Linda Susan, was born in 1952. Her son, Ronald Jerome, was born in 1956, in the very same room, 313, at Gregg County Memorial Hospital, now Good Shepherd Medical Center. Mrs. Kulak, a member of Pine Tree Church of Christ, was always very involved in her children's activities. She was room chairman numerous times, a member of the PTA, Sunday school teacher, Blue Bird and Camp Fire leader and Cub Scout leader, to name just a few. She never missed a ball game, band concert or school function. Muriel loved flowers, picnicking and traveling, both overseas and extensively in all but seven states in the United States. She truly had a zest for life. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two sisters-in-law. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Ernie McGarvey; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Alisa Kulak; grandchildren, Ryan and Amanda Kulak; brothers, Vernon Sockwell of California and V.A. Sockwell of Hide-A-Way Lake; sisters-in-law, Frieda Kulak and Cetrue Linahan of Kilgore. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions in honor of Muriel Kulak may be made to the American Cancer Society. The family received friends from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home, 1617 Judson Road. A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/12/2007.