Dr. Willard O Tucker, DVM

1881 - 1963  (81 years)

• Name	Willard O Tucker
  Title	Dr.
  Suffix	DVM
  Born	26 Mar 1881	Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Feb 1963	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6722	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F7441

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ella Frances Eggers Tucker,   b. 1883,   d. 21 Dec 1921, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 38 years)
  Children	+ 1. LaVerne Irene Tucker Meyer   2. Doris Tucker Ince
  Last Modified	2 May 2018 09:46:53
  Family ID	F7337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Tucker
  Last Modified	2 May 2018 09:46:26
  Family ID	F4607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Tucker, Willard Dr. W.O. Tucker Dr. Willard O. Tucker, prominent area veterinarian, died Wednesday evening in Veterans Hospital in Topeka. He was 81. Services were at 11a.m. Monday in Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel, Topeka, with burial at 2 that afternoon in National Cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth. Dr. Tucker was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I. In the Spanish - American War, he served in the fifth U. S. Cavalry. He was in the Veterinary Corps during World War I. He was born March 26, 1881 in Netawaka, and received his basic education in Louisville, Kansas. Later he attended Kansas State College and Washburn University. He was a 1917 graduate of the Kansas City, Mo. Veterinary College and practiced veterinary medicine until his death, with offices in both St. Marys and Rossville. He was a member of the Kansas State Veterinary Assn., Masonic Lodge, Wamego, and the Rossville American Legion Post. He had been a resident of St. Marys since 1950. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Grace Tucker of St. Marys; two daughters, Mrs. Irene Meyer, Rossville, and Mrs. Doris Ince, Junction City; a sister, Mrs. D. C. Arnold, Boise, Idaho; five grand-children and three great-grandchildren.