Eudora Piercy was born on October 19, 1912. She was born on a farm near Bainville, Montana, to Sallie and George Piercy. Fulkerson spent her early years in Bainville and graduated from the The University of Montana-Missoula (then Montana State University) in 1935 with a bachelor's degree in Home Economics. She moved to Tacoma in the late 1930s. In 1942 she married Oliver A. Fulkerson. She worked as a Dietician at Tacoma General Hospital for more than 25 years and retired as the Head Dietician in 1972.
Eudora Fulkerson died on March 3, 2011 at age 99 in Tacoma, Washington.
From the guide to the Eudora Fulkerson papers, 1931-1935, (University of Montana-Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)