BioA: Tucker, Mr./Mrs. William (Golden - 1974)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Tucker, Pierce, Herdrich, Gardner, Bickler, Blancher, Dietz, Sargent
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/21/1974
Tucker, Mr./Mrs. William (Golden – 12 November 1974)
An open house golden anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. William Tucker of
Loyal, was held last Sunday afternoon. Following a family dinner at Star Lodge
Motel, friends and relatives greeted the honored couple at St. Anthony’s School.
Floral arrangements graced the refreshment table. A granddaughter, kathy
Gardner, had made the wedding cake.
William Tucker, the son of George and Mabel (Pierce) Tucker, lived on the home
farm for 51 years. It is now operated by the son-in-law and daughter, Vern and
Noreen Gardner, on Rt. 2 Greenwood. While on the farm he served nine years on
the Town of Eaton board and also on the Prosperity School board of education for
10 years.
He graduated from Loyal High School in 1920.
After moving into their present home in Loyal in 1953, Mr. Tucker drove truck
for the canning factory and others, and then worked for nine years.
The former Norma Herdrich was a native of the Town of Loyal. Her parents were
Oscar and Mary Herdrich. After receiving her early education at Pleasant View
School, she was graduated from Loyal High School in 1922 and then attended Eau
Claire Teachers College for two years.
The Tuckers were married in Loyal November 12, 1924, with Florence Herdrich (now
Mrs. Victor Dietz of Mt. Carroll, Il.,) and the late Reno Herdrich as their
attendants. A relative from England, the Rev. W. H. Sargent, who was then a
Congregational minister in Owen, performed the ceremony at the home of the
bride.
After moving into Loyal, Mrs. Tucker clerked at the Zepplin Furniture Store for
12 years. She was active in the West Loyal Homemakers club for more than 15
years. As a member of the Women’s Society for Christian Service, she had held
the position of president at one time. At the Loyal United Methodist Church,
where she is a member, she taught Sunday school and also was active in two Bible
study groups.
The Tuckers have traveled in various parts of the states and Canada through the
years.
In addition to a daughter on the home place, the Tuckers have another daughter,
Mrs. Claude (Gwendolyn) Bickler of Wausau. There are seven grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Guests of special interest who attended the celebration were: Mr. Tucker’s
brother, Harold Tucker and wife of Loyal, who had celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary in 1973. A sister, Mrs. Harold (Bessie) Blancher of Seattle,
Wa., came by plane for the anniversary. She and her husband who was unable to
attend, had celebrated their golden anniversary in 1972.
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