• Born: 11 April 1921, Marion, Grant County, Indiana, USA
• Marriage (1): Christine Louise ERICKSON on 18 May 1943 in Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA
• Died: 19 November 1993, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA at age 72
• Buried: 22 November 1993, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA

   Other names for Donald were Donald TUCKER and Donald E. TUCKER.

  Death Notes

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

  Burial Notes

Calvary Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois, USA.

• He had a residence in 1951 in Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois, USA.

• He had a residence in 1963 in Farina, Fayette County, Illinois, USA.

• He had a residence before 19 November 1993 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.

• A shorter obituary for Donald was published on page C2 of the Herald & Review on 21 November 1993 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA.
  
  Donald E. Tucker
  
       MATTOON --Donald E. Tucker, 72, Mattoon, retired load dispatcher for C.I.P.S., died Friday (Nov. 19, 1993). Member: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, American Legion, Farina. Survivors: wife, Louise; sons, -----, Cincinnati, Ohio; ----- and -----, both of Charleston; daughters, ----- ----- -----, Saudi Arabia; Mrs. ----- (-----) -----, Springfield; Mrs. ----- (-----) -----, Mount Vernon; ----- -----, St. Robert, Mo.; Mrs. ----- (-----) -----, Champaign; brother, -----, Eldorado; 19 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren. Preceded by: parents, one brother.
       Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon. Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Mattoon. Memorials: Birthright Inc. of Coles County.
  
  [names omitted for privacy, kmh]
  

• His obituary was published on page 8 of The State Journal-Register on 21 November 1993 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA.
  
  Donald E. Tucker
  
       Donald E. Tucker, 72, of Mattoon died at 6:32 p.m. Friday at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
       He was born April 11, 1921, in Marion, Ind., the son of Corta Emery and Ethel Mae Foster Tucker. He married Louise Erickson in 1943. Preceding him in death was a brother.
       Mr. Tucker was a load dispatcher for CIPS for 41 years. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and lifetime member of the American Legion in Farina.
       Surviving are his wife, Louise; three sons, ----- Tucker of Cincinnati, Ohio, and ----- Tucker and ----- Tucker, both of Charleston; five daughters, Mrs. ----- ----- ----- of Saudi Arabia, Mrs. ----- (-----) ----- of Springfield, Mrs. ----- (-----) ----- of Mount Vernon, ----- ----- of St. Robert, Mo., and Mrs. ----- (-----) ----- of Champaign; 19 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a brother, ----- Tucker of Eldorado.
       Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Rev. Herman Niebrugge officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Mattoon.
       Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, Mattoon, is in charge of arrangements.
  
  [names of surviving relatives have been omitted for privacy reasons, kmh]

Donald married Christine Louise ERICKSON on 18 May 1943 in Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA. (Christine Louise ERICKSON was born on 19 July 1920 in Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA, died on 27 May 2014 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA and was buried on 2 June 2014 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.)