Individual Details
Ruth Eleanor Tucker
(27 Mar 1912 - 4 Jul 1912)
Newspaper clipping of obituary in Presley Martin journal, page 240; Transcription below
Infant Dead
Ruth Eleanor Tucker, the fifth
and youingest child of Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Tucker, born March 27, 1912,
died at their farm home northeast of
Minonk last Thursday after a sev-
eral weeks illness of whooping cough
which later turned into pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at the
home at 2 p. m. last Saturday, con-
ducted by Rev. J. M. Tidball, of the
Presbyterian church, and burial was
made in the Minonk cemetery. Those
in attendance from a distance were
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tucker, of Peo-
ria county, and Mrs. S. N. Kipp and
children, of Covert, Mich.
Infant Dead
Ruth Eleanor Tucker, the fifth
and youingest child of Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Tucker, born March 27, 1912,
died at their farm home northeast of
Minonk last Thursday after a sev-
eral weeks illness of whooping cough
which later turned into pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at the
home at 2 p. m. last Saturday, con-
ducted by Rev. J. M. Tidball, of the
Presbyterian church, and burial was
made in the Minonk cemetery. Those
in attendance from a distance were
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tucker, of Peo-
ria county, and Mrs. S. N. Kipp and
children, of Covert, Mich.
Events
Families
| Father | Oliver Ashmer Tucker (1875 - 1952) |
| Mother | Emma Geneva Martin (1881 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Clifford Martin Tucker (1903 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Leeta Alene Tucker (1904 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Edna Laura Tucker (1906 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Edward Presley Tucker (1909 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Glen Martin Tucker (1914 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Ivan Oliver Tucker (1916 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Robert Franklin Tucker (1918 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Melvin Lloyd Tucker (1920 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Jane Evelyn Tucker (1924 - 2008) |
Notes
Burial
Photo of tombstone in my files.Endnotes
1. Jo Knight, "Jo Knight journal #3," Page 21 - death announcement (same as Presley Martin journal, page 240); , ; privately held by Joe Tucker, .

