Vila Hull

Vila Herring was born on June 28, 1926 in Vernal, UT to Andrew Litster Herring and Ellen Leanerva Boren and grew up in Wellington, UT. She had one older sister, Belva Asay, and two younger brothers, Dallas Herring and Jay Herring. She moved to Salt Lake City, UT when she was age 18 and attended beauty school. She later completed her education and received her GED in 1970. She repaired and cleaned aircraft during WWII at Hill Air Force Base. When the war ended, she moved back to Wellington and worked in several beauty shops there. She married Robert Orland Hull from Columbus, OH on June 28, 1947 in Carbon, UT and they moved to Kansas City, MO. They relocated to Raytown, MO in 1964. She was a hairdresser in her home for many years, and served as a mail clerk for Hallmark Cards and Allstate Insurance Company in Kansas City, MO. She relocated to the Red Barn Apartments in Delta, PA in 2009, and to The Village (formerly Brookdale) at Bellevue Assisted Living Community in Nashville, TN in 2019. She was raised in The Church of Latter Day Saints in Utah, and later attended Blue Ridge Trinity Lutheran Church, Kansas City, MO and Delta Church of the Nazarene, Delta, PA.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda Reter, two grandsons, Stephen Reter and Paul Reter, three great-grandchildren, Evangeline Reter (4), Patch Reter (3), and Aria Reter (2) (Nashville, TN), and her brother, Jay Herring (Draper, UT). She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Hull (Kansas City, MO), her older sister, Belva Asay (Cedar City, UT), and her younger brother, Dallas Herring (Huntington Beach, CA).

She was a devoted daughter, sister, aunt, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother (Gigi), and friend. She had a delightfully quirky personality, a wonderful sense of humor, and a fierce, deep loyalty and love for neighbors, family, and friends. She was generous and giving, and was always looking for ways to help and serve others. She loved to laugh, bake lemon meringue pies, make her mother’s egg noodles from scratch, sew, crochet, dance, play bingo and card games, work crossword puzzles, and hang out with her friends at Loma Vista Townhomes (Kansas City, MO), Delta Senior Center (Delta, PA), and The Village at Bellevue (Nashville, TN). She loved the hugs, kisses, smiles, and laughter of her grandchildren and great grandchildren, and she took great delight in successfully pulling off over 40 years of April Fools’ Day pranks.

Visitation for Family and Friends: Sunday, March 15th at 1:00 PM at D. W. Newcomer’s Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64133.

Graveside Service and Interment: Sunday, March 15th, 2:00 PM at Floral Hills Cemetery, 7000 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64133. Officiant – Rev. Robert J. Reter, Jr, son-in-law (Nashville, TN)

In lieu of flowers, contributions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at stjude.org would be greatly appreciated.

“A family is a circle of love, not broken by loss, but made stronger by the memories. We are forever blessed that God connected us to her!”