She attended high school in New Madrid, Missouri and had retired in April 2018 from New Madrid Living Center. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a double major in Criminology and Sociology. She spent many years as the bar and grill manager of Rosie's in New Madrid and had her own restaurant in Marston, Trails End Saloon. She very much loved to spend time with her grandchildren and mini-poodle, Dusty.
She had a great many friends who loved her for her sense of humor and honest nature. A natural care-taker, Mrs. Tucker excelled at her career working with the elderly. She spent her free time reading, doing many types of art projects, decorating, shopping with her daughter and enjoying her evenings at home with her husband.
As a young adult, Mrs. Tucker played violin for the Indiana Philharmonic before relocating to St. Louis for a short period and prior to her family settling in Southeast Missouri.
Preceding her death were her parents, William and Ila Faye Hornburg; and a brother, W. Bill Hornburg.
Survivors: her husband of forty-two years, Charles Tucker; son, Reif Tucker (Jamie) of Vilonia, AR; daughter, Amanda Owens (Charlie) of North Little Rock, AR; grandchildren, Kaitlyn, age 16, Sidney, age 13, Wyatt, age 11, Bella, age 8, Reese, age 6, and Hunter, age 5; siblings, Deborah Recker, Victor Hornburg and R. Vaughn Hornburg.
Mrs. Tucker chose to be cremated and laid to rest at the foot of her parent's graves in Portageville, Missouri.
The family is inviting all who would like to celebrate her life to a graveside memorial service at 1:00 P.M., Sunday, June 10, 2018, followed by a catered lunch hosted by her sister, Debbie.
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She attended high school in New Madrid, Missouri and had retired in April 2018 from New Madrid Living Center. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a double major in Criminology and Sociology. She spent many years as the bar and grill manager of Rosie's in New Madrid and had her own restaurant in Marston, Trails End Saloon. She very much loved to spend time with her grandchildren and mini-poodle, Dusty.
She had a great many friends who loved her for her sense of humor and honest nature. A natural care-taker, Mrs. Tucker excelled at her career working with the elderly. She spent her free time reading, doing many types of art projects, decorating, shopping with her daughter and enjoying her evenings at home with her husband.
As a young adult, Mrs. Tucker played violin for the Indiana Philharmonic before relocating to St. Louis for a short period and prior to her family settling in Southeast Missouri.
Preceding her death were her parents, William and Ila Faye Hornburg; and a brother, W. Bill Hornburg.
Survivors: her husband of forty-two years, Charles Tucker; son, Reif Tucker (Jamie) of Vilonia, AR; daughter, Amanda Owens (Charlie) of North Little Rock, AR; grandchildren, Kaitlyn, age 16, Sidney, age 13, Wyatt, age 11, Bella, age 8, Reese, age 6, and Hunter, age 5; siblings, Deborah Recker, Victor Hornburg and R. Vaughn Hornburg.
Mrs. Tucker chose to be cremated and laid to rest at the foot of her parent's graves in Portageville, Missouri.
The family is inviting all who would like to celebrate her life to a graveside memorial service at 1:00 P.M., Sunday, June 10, 2018, followed by a catered lunch hosted by her sister, Debbie.
www.arkansascremation.com
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