Obit: Tucker, Mabel #3 (1878 - 1955)

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Surnames: Tucker, Piece, Blancher, Davis

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   03/03/1955

Tucker, Mabel #3 (28 OCT 1878 - 27 FEB 1955)

Mrs. George Tucker died at the home of her son, Harold Tucker, at 2 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, 1955.  Mrs. Tucker had been ill for several years.

Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday.  The Rev. W. M. Mecklenburg officiated.  Burial was in the Loyal Cemetery.

Mrs. Tucker, the former Mabel Pierce, was born in Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) , Oct. 28, 1878.  She received her education in the rural schools of Eaton Township.  On July 4, 1896 she was married to George Tucker.  They lived on a farm in Eaton until 30 years ago when they moved into their home in the city of Loyal.  Mr. Tucker died in January 1939.

Mrs. Tucker was a member of the Loyal Methodist Church and served as an officer in different organizations of the church.  She was also a member of Hope Camp No. 819, R.N.A. for almost 40 years.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Bessie) Blancher of Seattle, Wash.; two sons, Harold and William Tucker, both of Loyal; one brother, Roy Pierces, St. Helens, Ore.; one sister, Mrs. Amos (Gladys) Davis, Downs, Kansas; six grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Three sisters preceded her in death.