Dola H. Tucker

Dola H. Tucker
1928-2015
Rock Port, Missouri

Dola H. Tucker, the son of Dola Harvey, Sr. and Grace (Stuart) Tucker was born May 4, 1928, in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He attended country schools in Kansas and Nebraska.

On May 2, 1964, Dola was united in marriage to Kathryn Carole Schmitt in Nowata, Oklahoma. They made their home innumerous Nebraska and Kansas towns, due to Dola’s employment . Following their retirement in 1993, they moved to Rock Port, Missouri.

Dola was employed as a steam fitter with the Steamfitters Local Union #464 in Omaha, Nebraska. He helped construct Cooper Nuclear Station in Brownville, Nebraska, and the Omaha Public Power District Nebraska City Station as well as numerous other power plants in Nebraska and Kansas. Dola was a member of the Steamfitters Local Union #464, Omaha. Dola passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015, at his home in Rock Port at the age of 86.

Besides his parents, Dola was preceded in death by daughter, Royce Starr Tucker; and five brothers and sisters. Survivors include wife, Kathryn, Rock
Port; children, Gail Tucker, Tucson, Arizona, David Tucker and wife, Sue, Milford, Michigan, and Kelly Miller and husband, Lyle, Lincoln, Nebraska;
numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Dodge, Hiawatha, Kansas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Family Gathering: 1:00-1:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port.
There is no visitation.
Interment: Linden Cemetery, Rock Port.
In lieu of flowers, memorials: Dola Tucker Memorial Fund.
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com
Services: Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port.