Ronald Tucker Obituary

Born: May 11, 1936 • Died: March 20, 2022

Ronald Bruce Tucker passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at Saint George Regional Hospital, Saint George, UT as a result of complications from COVID-19.

Ronald was better known as "Bruce" to his immediate family and "Ron" to those who later met him. He was a beloved husband to his wife Caroll to whom he was married for 63 years. He was an awesome father to his two daughters, Brenda and Shelli.

Ron graduated from Michigan Valley High School at Michigan Valley, Kansas in 1954. He graduated from Kansas State Teachers College now Emporia University in Emporia, Kansas, majoring in Biology, in 1958. Ron taught in the Haysville, Kansas Junior High for two years. He then returned to Emporia, Kansas where he was Manager and Floral Designer for Anderson's Greenhouse for 6 years. In 1967 Ron began employment for the Santa Fe Railway, now known as Burlington, Northern, Santa Fe until his retirement in 1991. Ronald joined the Century 21 Real Estate Company at Camdenton, MO, where he worked until 1999.

His hobby was design- ing Stained Glass pieces for family and friends. He was an avid KU Jayhawk basketball and KC Chiefs football fan.

Ronald was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Opal Walker Tucker, in laws, William and Nellie Palmer Throm, brothers: Morris Tucker, Charles "Lewis" Tucker (Esther), son Steven Brent; Marlin Wayne Tucker (Irene), daughter Marla Kay; sister Bernice Bulmer (Drexel).

Survivors include his wife Caroll, daughters: Brenda Kaye (John Haslam), grandson Jacob, Shelli Christine Merrion (Daniel), brother Gary Edward Tucker (Sharon Thompson), their daugh- ters Melanie Tucker Peters and Carrie Tucker Knight; sister-in-law Martha "Pat" Curtis Tucker, nieces, Cynthia Tucker Eubanks and Sarah Lucile Tucker Carvey, nephews, Douglas Wayne Tucker and Thomas Curtis Tucker. Included are brother-in-law Billy Gene Throm (Linda Harris), sister-in-law Judy Throm Pecenka (Thom- as); also many beloved nieces and nephews.

Ronald and Caroll are members of the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, Kansas.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date in his state of birth, Kansas. Memorial Contri- butions can be mailed to the Pine View Mortuary, 566 North Mall Drive, St George, UT 84790 or made to the Nature Conservancy, 559 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102.