Anchorage Daily News October 11, 1997
Longtime Alaskan Edward Tuck, 80, died Oct. 7, 1997, at Columbia Alaska Regional Hospital. At his request, no services were held.
Mr. Tuck was born Feb. 24, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He attained a distinguished career as a hard-hat deep sea diver, beginning in his teens through World War II service as a U.S. Army master diver on construction demolition and post-war reconstruction, up to survey and salvage after the 1964 earthquake. During later years, he was a utility construction contractor in Eagle River. After retirement, he was a commercial fisherman in Southeast Alaska waters.
Survivors are his wife, Audrey Tuck of Anchorage; son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Diane Tuck of Seward; daughters, Dorothy Reese of Anchorage, Edwina Burt of Wasilla and Susan Cooper of Deer Park, Wash.; stepdaughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Paul Mikels of Anchorage; stepdaughter, Starr Mears Hagopian of Anchorage; sister, Phyllis Howard of Debary, Fla.; brother, John Tuck of Oak Harbor, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be sent to Chester Park Cooperative, 2020 Muldoon Road, Anchorage 99504. In his words: ''Remember me; miss me; but let me go.'' His ashes were returned to sea in Southeast waters. Arrangements were by Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary and Crematory.
Longtime Alaskan Edward Tuck, 80, died Oct. 7, 1997, at Columbia Alaska Regional Hospital. At his request, no services were held.
Mr. Tuck was born Feb. 24, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He attained a distinguished career as a hard-hat deep sea diver, beginning in his teens through World War II service as a U.S. Army master diver on construction demolition and post-war reconstruction, up to survey and salvage after the 1964 earthquake. During later years, he was a utility construction contractor in Eagle River. After retirement, he was a commercial fisherman in Southeast Alaska waters.
Survivors are his wife, Audrey Tuck of Anchorage; son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Diane Tuck of Seward; daughters, Dorothy Reese of Anchorage, Edwina Burt of Wasilla and Susan Cooper of Deer Park, Wash.; stepdaughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Paul Mikels of Anchorage; stepdaughter, Starr Mears Hagopian of Anchorage; sister, Phyllis Howard of Debary, Fla.; brother, John Tuck of Oak Harbor, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be sent to Chester Park Cooperative, 2020 Muldoon Road, Anchorage 99504. In his words: ''Remember me; miss me; but let me go.'' His ashes were returned to sea in Southeast waters. Arrangements were by Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary and Crematory.
Anchorage Daily News October 11, 1997
Longtime Alaskan Edward Tuck, 80, died Oct. 7, 1997, at Columbia Alaska Regional Hospital. At his request, no services were held.
Mr. Tuck was born Feb. 24, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He attained a distinguished career as a hard-hat deep sea diver, beginning in his teens through World War II service as a U.S. Army master diver on construction demolition and post-war reconstruction, up to survey and salvage after the 1964 earthquake. During later years, he was a utility construction contractor in Eagle River. After retirement, he was a commercial fisherman in Southeast Alaska waters.
Survivors are his wife, Audrey Tuck of Anchorage; son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Diane Tuck of Seward; daughters, Dorothy Reese of Anchorage, Edwina Burt of Wasilla and Susan Cooper of Deer Park, Wash.; stepdaughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Paul Mikels of Anchorage; stepdaughter, Starr Mears Hagopian of Anchorage; sister, Phyllis Howard of Debary, Fla.; brother, John Tuck of Oak Harbor, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be sent to Chester Park Cooperative, 2020 Muldoon Road, Anchorage 99504. In his words: ''Remember me; miss me; but let me go.'' His ashes were returned to sea in Southeast waters. Arrangements were by Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary and Crematory.
Longtime Alaskan Edward Tuck, 80, died Oct. 7, 1997, at Columbia Alaska Regional Hospital. At his request, no services were held.
Mr. Tuck was born Feb. 24, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He attained a distinguished career as a hard-hat deep sea diver, beginning in his teens through World War II service as a U.S. Army master diver on construction demolition and post-war reconstruction, up to survey and salvage after the 1964 earthquake. During later years, he was a utility construction contractor in Eagle River. After retirement, he was a commercial fisherman in Southeast Alaska waters.
Survivors are his wife, Audrey Tuck of Anchorage; son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Diane Tuck of Seward; daughters, Dorothy Reese of Anchorage, Edwina Burt of Wasilla and Susan Cooper of Deer Park, Wash.; stepdaughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Paul Mikels of Anchorage; stepdaughter, Starr Mears Hagopian of Anchorage; sister, Phyllis Howard of Debary, Fla.; brother, John Tuck of Oak Harbor, Wash.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be sent to Chester Park Cooperative, 2020 Muldoon Road, Anchorage 99504. In his words: ''Remember me; miss me; but let me go.'' His ashes were returned to sea in Southeast waters. Arrangements were by Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary and Crematory.
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