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| Dean Tucker |
| Date Of Birth: | December 24, 1921 |
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| Date Of Death: | November 27, 2011 |
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| Service Date: | A graveside service will be at a later date. |
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JEROME DEAN TUCKER
Minonk- Jerome Dean Tucker, 89, of
Minonk, passed away at 12:40 am on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at
Heritage Health in Minonk.
Graveside services will be at a
later date with burial in Minonk Township Cemetery. Ruestman-Harris
Funeral Home, Minonk is handling arrangements
Memorial contributions may be made
to Heritage Health in Minonk or the Minonk Ambulance Fund.
Dean was born December 24, 1921 in
Clayton Township, Woodford County to Rowland Sr. And Grace Fanny
McChesney Tucker.
Surviving are one sister, Marjorie
Lois Jividen of Rio Rancho, NM; one brother, Rowland Jr. (Bonnie)
Tucker of Minonk; three nieces, Laura (Paul) Wilewski of Downers
Grove, IL, Anita (David) Seiler of Champaign, and Pamela (Robert)
Zweibel of Rio Rancho, NM.
He was preceded in death by his
parents.
Dean graduated from Minonk
Community High School in 1940, and attended Bradley Politech
Institute. He later went to the Holbrook, Arizona where he drove a
semi truck hauling freight for Smith Haywood Trucking Company six
days a week, loading and unloading his trailer each day. While
trucking he drove a bus for thirteen Sundays in a row, for the
White Mountain Bus Line from Holbrook to Globe, AZ and back.
He later came home to farm, where
he helped raise and feed hundreds of head of livestock. He retired
in 1992.
Dean was a lifelong member of the
Presbyterian Church, and also was a member of the Robert Morris
Masonic Lodge.
Dean enjoyed going fishing to the
northern states with friends. He was a very special brother and
will be greatly missed.
Online condolences may be sent to
the family at ruestmanharrisfuneralhome.com.
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