Individual Details

Farmington Daily Times, Farmington, New Mexico, Sunday, June 16, 1974, Page 14, Col. 4: Aztec Man Victim of Accident. Albuquerque, N. M. (AP)--- An 88 year old Aztec man, Frank Rucker, died from massive head injuries received in an automobile accident on New Mexico 44 near the Zia Indian Pueblo, the state police said. A police spokesman said Rucker was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital in Albuquerque Friday afternoon. The accident occurred at 2 p.m. Friday. The spokesman said the 1969 Pontiac driven by Rucker struck a 1972 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Epifanio Montoya at the entrance to the Zia Indian Pueblo on New Mexico 44. The spokesman said Montoya was attempting to make a left hand turn at the pueblo entrance when his truck was struck in the right rear by the car driven by Rucker. Both vehicles were traveling east. The spokesman said a piece of metal from the truck flew through the rear window of Rucker's car striking him in the head. Rucker's wife, Bessie, 81, was listed in fair condition Saturday at St. Joseph's with multiple injuries including a fractured wrist, fractured ribs and facial injuries. Police said Montoya was not injured. Funeral services for Rucker are pending at Cope Memorial Chapel in Farmington.

Social Security, World War I draft registrations (2), and Public Member Trees at Ancestry.com show Franklin was born in 1893. Tombstone shows 1895 and he was buried using Frank for a first name.

Birth	4 Jan 1893	Jim Crow Mine, Grant Co., New Mexico
Birth	4 Jan 1893	Silver City, Grant Co., New Mexico
Residence	1900	Mohave Co., Arizona
Residence	1910	Durango, La Plata Co., Colorado
Marriage	1914	Cuba, Sandoval Co., New Mexico - Mabel Esther King
Residence	1920	Grampion, Beaver Co., Utah
Marriage	1923	Felicita Gurule
Marriage	1925	Bessie May Kimball
Residence	1930	Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Graham Co., Arizona
Death	14 Jun 1974	Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico
Death	14 Jun 1974	Aztec, San Juan Co., New Mexico
Alt name		Franklin Merritt "Frank" Rucker
Burial		1895-1974, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Farmington, San Juan Co., New Mexico

Spouse

Felicita Gurule (1887 - 1976)

Spouse	Mabel Esther King (1892 - 1921)
Child	Elva Lillian Rucker (1918 - 1919)

Spouse

Bessie May Kimball (1902 - 1992)

Father	Richard Morton Rucker (1839 - 1904)
Mother	Emily Jane Cox (1854 - 1937)
Sibling	Frederick Irven Rucker (1871 - 1933)
Sibling	Mary Elvina Rucker (1873 - 1965)
Sibling	Theodore Samuel Rucker (1875 - 1948)
Sibling	Rose Sarah Rucker (1877 - 1963)
Sibling	Laura Etta Rucker (1881 - 1961)
Sibling	Elbert Morton Rucker (1881 - 1965)
Sibling	Daisy Dean Rucker (1883 - 1969)
Sibling	Andrew Grover Rucker (1886 - 1888)
Sibling	Loren Thomas Rucker (1887 - 1957)
Sibling	Oscar Owen Rucker (1890 - 1946)