OBITUARY: HUSTON ALVEN MADESON RUCKER, 65, THE DALLES DAILY CHRONICLE, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON

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The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, March 19, 1997, page 2

Surnames: Rucker, Chamberlain, Anderson

Huston Alven Madeson Rucker, 65, a resident of Beaverton (Oregon) and Maupin
(Oregon), since 1992, died at his home in Maupin on March 17, 1997.

He was born August 2, 1931 in Beaver, Missouri, the sixth of nine children 
to Quince and Nora Elen (Wilson) Rucker. He moved to central Oregon when 
he was nine.

He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korea Conflict, then returned to 
the Pacific Northwest. He flew crop dusting airplanes, then worked 
construction, specializing in swimming pools.

Survivors include his wife, Florence, Beaverton, whom he married on January
6, 1966 in Reno, Nevada; three sons, John R. Rucker and Alan Rucker, both 
of Portland; and Paul Dale Rucker, Anchorage (Alaska); two daughters, Vicki
Lynn Chamberlain, Banks (Oregon), and Marietta Anderson, Moor Park, California;
five grandchildren; two sisters, Marie and Sue of Bellingham, Washington; 
and a brother, Edward Rucker, Littleton, Colorado.

At his request no funeral services will be held.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Gorge, sent in care of Spencer, 
Libby & Powell Funeral Home, 1100 Kelly Avenue, The Dalles, Oregon 97058.