Edwin Marquise Tucker

April 13, 1919 – February 10, 1973

Edwin M. Tucker, 53, 304 South Tenth street, died at 7:55 a.m. Saturday at his home following an illness of one year.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian church with Rev. Don Harnden, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery under direction of Parker funeral home.

Tucker, whose usual occupation was dirt contractor, was born April 13, 1919, in Cushing, Okla., to Edwin Alexander and Ida May (Zellars) Tucker. He came to Noble county in 1922 and graduated from Perry high school in 1938.

He served in the Navy during World War II. On Feb. 14, 1946, he was married in Las Vegas, Nev., to Francis Huddleston, who survives.

Tucker was a member of the First Presbyterian church.

Survivors in addition to his wife of the home address are two daughters, Miss Susan Tucker, El Cajon, Calif., and Mrs. Sylvia Castaneda, Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Sylvia Hooper, East Greenwich, R.I., and Mrs. Louise Moore, Olympia, Wash.; two brothers, Charles Landsberger, Tulsa and Earl Landsberger, Oklahoma City; and one granddaughter.

His sister, Mrs. Bernice Daniels, preceded him in death Tuesday. Services for Mrs. Daniels were Friday and burial was in Grace Hill cemetery.