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Margaret Louise Hull
May 10, 1925 - December 13, 2008

Margaret Louise Hull, 83, of Carmel, passed away December 13, 2008. She was born in Indianapolis on May 10, 1925 to the late Herman and Margaret Shackelford Dinkelaker. Margaret grew up on her parents' dairy farm on Smokey Row, graduated from Carmel High School in 1943, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Butler University in 1947. As a glamorous, petite, auburn-haired coed with a dusky Lauren Bacall voice, she attracted the rapt attention, and everlasting devotion, of the great love of her life and husband of 60 years, William Hull. For more than forty years, Margaret served as executive assistant to numerous chiefs of the Indianapolis bureau of the Associated Press, and was among the first to know anything of importance that happened in Indiana or around the world. She was actively involved in the Columbia Club, Caroline Scott Harrison Rekamemoh Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, Carmel Historical Society and the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Margaret is survived by: her devoted husband of 60 years, William Hull; her older sister, Joan Brennan; her nieces, Dianne De Coursey, Donna De Coursey and Kathleen Brennan.; her nephews, Joseph Brennan, James Brennan and Mark Brennan, and their many children and grandchildren. "She would not have us sad because she is lying there." Family and friends will gather for visitation from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, and for her funeral service on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 11:00 a.m., at Leppert Mortuary, Smith Carmel Chapel. Burial will follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery . You are invited to visit www.leppertmortuary.com where you are welcome to sign the guest book or share a memory. In memory of Margaret, please make a generous contribution to your favorite charity