Clackamas-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Tucker, Theda Boyle November 10, 1997
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Theda Boyle Tucker Obituary
June 7, 1910-November 10, 1997
  Funeral services were held for Theda Boyle Tucker on Saturday, November 15, 
1997 at The Estacada Funeral Chapel. Theda died on November 10, 1997 in 
Estacada,Ore. She was 87 years of age.
  She was a third generation native Oregonian and a descendant of Isaac Cook, 
a pioneer settler in the Junction City, Lane County area of the Oregon 
Territory.
  She was born in Portland,Ore. on June 7, 1910, the daughter of Harry and 
Hattie Boyle. She received her education in Portland, graduating from Parkrose 
High School.
  Theda came to the Estacada area in 1929 and taught at the Barton School for 
two years. In 1935, she taught at the two-room school in Springwater. She 
married William H. Tucker of Springwater on June 3, 1936 in Oregon City. They 
continued living in the Springwater area for the next 62 years.
  She was a school teacher, both full and part time, as well as a substitute. 
Estacada rural mail-carrier, secretary of the W-T Diversified Farming 
Corporation, and a partner of Tucker Enterprises.
  Theda was a 69-year member of the order of the Eastern Star, Parkrose 
Chapter. She was a 50-year member of the Oregon State Grange, a member of the 
Oregon Retired Educators Association, Inc., a charter member of Oregon Women 
for Agriculture, a member of the Oregon Historical Society, and a charter 
member of Jackknife-Zion-Horseheaven, and affiliate of the Oregon Historical 
Society.
 She was Springwater Juvenile Grange matron during the 40's and 50's, 
president of the Estacada PTA during the 50's, and a Home Extension Advisory 
Board member and chairman in the 60's.
  Theda was a vital force in the community throughout her life.
  She is survived by her husband, William H. Tucker, of Springwater, a 
daughter, Nancy A. (Tucker) Tedrow, and a son, William "Tucker" Tucker, both 
of Estacada; seven grandchildren, Wesley Tedrow of Virginia Beach,Va., Scott 
Tedrow of Estacada, Branch Tedrow of Salem,Ore., Laura Tedrow-Isom of Aloha, 
Sarah Tedrow of Estacada, Michelle Carlson and Mary Tucker, both of 
Dallas,Ore.; four great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Matthew of Virginia 
Beach,Va., and Zachariah and Joshua, both of Dallas,Ore.
  The family suggests remembrances to Springwater Presbyterian Church Steeple 
Fund.
  Estacada Funeral Chapel was in care of arrangements.

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