Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Tuck, Raymond "Ray" Victor December 23, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, December 30, 2003
     Raymond “Ray” Victor Tuck, 85, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003.
     He was born Aug. 27, 1918 in Willits, Calif., the second of four children 
to Charles Victor and Pearl (Hardin) Tuck. He was raised in Willits and 
graduated high school from Willits in 1935. 
     After high school he served in the U.S. Army for one year and then 
attended Willits’ Community College for two years. In November 1940, he joined 
the U.S. Navy and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. While in the U.S. Navy, he 
married Carole Ellen Schmeichael, a WAVE in the U.S. Navy, in Mare Island, 
Calif., in 1944.
     He settled in Wausau, Wisc., after the service, and worked as a police 
officer. In 1950, he started working with Marthon Corp, now known as American 
Can Corp. He was transferred in 1958 to Modesto, Calif., and worked until his 
retirement in 1980. He moved to The Dalles in 2000.
     He was a member of the Lutheran Church, Eagles and Moose Lodges, National 
Association of Pearl Harbor Survivors and the V.F.W. He enjoyed the outdoors, 
hunting, fishing and camping.
     He is survived by two sons, Paul R. Tuck, Sacramento, Calif.; Brian V. 
and his wife, Gloria Tuck, The Dalles; five grandchildren, Rose Ann, Victoria 
Marie, Robert, Dave and Annie; six great-grandchildren, Caitlin, Paige, 
Bailey, Laine, Jordan and Nathan; a brother, Robert Tuck, Portland; and a 
sister, Ruth Bean, Willits. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carole on 
March 23, 1990.
     Graveside services with Navy rites will be held at Willits’ Cemetery, in 
Willits, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 3, at 10 a.m. 
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.


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Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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