Ella Frances Eggers Tucker

1883 - 1921  (38 years)

• Name	Ella Frances Eggers Tucker
  Born	1883
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Dec 1921	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	23 Dec 1921	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6721	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F7338

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  Family	Willard O Tucker, DVM,   b. 26 Mar 1881, Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 13 Feb 1963, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 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

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Tucker, Ella 1 Mrs. W.O. Tucker Takes Her Life by Hanging Mrs. Ella Tucker, wife of W.O. Tucker, Rossville's veterinary, took her own life yesterday morning, by hanging herself from a rafter in the barn at the Tucker home on Orange street. Mr. Tucker found his wife's body suspended from the rafter upon returning from a trip to Maple Hill at noon. His children met him at the door and told him their mother was not in the house and Mr. Tucker then instituted a search. The building in which the act occurred was built for a garage but Mr. Tucker had built a manger across the east end of the building. Mrs. Tucker had climbed on the manger, thrown the rope over the rafter several feet out from the manger's edge and then wrapped the rope about her neck three times without a know and swung off into space, her feet being about 18 inches from the floor. Death resulted from strangulation as the neck was not broken. The act was committed some time after 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Joe Dean, Jr. had taken a load of cobs to the Tucker home and while unloading them into the coal house about 10:45, Mrs. Tucker came out of the house with a rope in her hand but seeing Mr. Dean, returned to the house. He finished unloading ten or fifteen minutes later.
  		Obituary- Tucker, Ella 2 Dr. H.B. Miller was called immediately and pronounced her dead after which the coroner was notified and permission was granted to take the body into the house. Dementia is believed to have caused her act. She had been troubled with a nervous disorder for several years and returned to Rossville less than a year ago after spending some time in Christ hospital and other sanitariums, for treatment. As the case was clearly one of suicide Coroner Clark returned to Topeka without holding an inquest. The Tucker family are former Pottawatomie county people, living near Louisville where the parents of both were old settlers. They came to Rossville about two years ago. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian church conducted by the Rev. Horne. The body will be interred in the Rossville cemetery. The local Eastern Star order will have charge of the service at the grave. Beside her husband, Mrs. Tucker is survived by two daughters, Irene 13, and Doris 7; three brothers Charles Eggers of Severy Kansas, and Louis and Albert Eggers.