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Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Obit Messenger results for 05/27/09.
- (Daily Press)
LEWIS, Frederick Windfield, LCDR, USN, Ret., 85, died Saturday May 23, 2009. He was born October 27, 1923, in Yuma, CO. He attended public schools there and enlisted in the Naval Reserve in May 1943. After boot camp at Farragut, Idaho, several months in Ship's Service and Quartermaster School he transferred to Submarine School in San Diego, Calif. Upon Completion he shipped out to Midway Island. He worked there in Submarine relief crews until WWII ended. He returned to Denver a Quartermaster third class in Naval Reserve where he earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of Denver and was commissioned to Ensign in the supply corps and returned to active duty in the Korean Conflict. He transferred to the regular Navy as Lieutenant and served in Japan and in several shore billets in the U.S. during part of the Vietnam era he was supply officer aboard a ship in the Mideast. His last duty was Supply Officer at the Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Va. Where he met and married the former Winifred Hornsby Slaight who survives him along with five children, James W. Lewis, CAPT, USNR Ret. (Gayle, CAPT, USNR Ret.) and their daughter, Claire of Jacksonville, OR, Stephen K. Lewis (Savannah) of Seldovia, Alaska, Barry Morris (PhD) (Diane) of Appomattox, VA, Margaret E. Ferguson, her sons, Jason and Eric, of Newport News and Luanne Nicks (Brandon) and their three children, Barrett, David Windfield and Laurel of Yorktown. In 1970 Fred retired from active duty and became Co-Owner and Manager of the Wharf Restaurant in Yorktown until December 1977 when the building burned. After a few more years in the hospitality business and a return to the Naval Weapons Station inventorying munitions for a few years. He was a member of t he Retired Officers Association, American Legion, Fleet Reserve Association, APVA, Barbershop Harmony Society and Volunteered at the Red Cross, the Waterman's Museum in Yorktown and Crooks United Memorial Methodist Church.
- (Naples Daily News)
TUCKER, E. Glenn, 64, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at Naples Community Hospital. He was born on July 25, 1944 in Louisville, KY to the late Clarence Newman Tucker and Sarah Elizabeth Tucker. He was a graduate of Atherton High School in Louisville and received his B.A. degree in Mathematics from the University of Louisville where he was a proud member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. His Juris Doctorate was obtained at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, IL and he practiced law in Illinois before moving to Naples in 1975. He became a permanent resident of Marco Island in 1978 and formed a partnership with his current law partner, Dusty Rhodes. This partnership was expanded in 2003 and re-named Rhodes, Tucker and Garretson. Glenn was also a naval officer, having served on the USS Daniel Boone, a nuclear submarine, as a lieutenant commander and who continued his service in the reserves. The highlight of his naval career was when he was personally interviewed by Admiral Rickover and as a result was selected as one of the elite officers chosen to serve on a nuclear submarine. He served as the president and a director of the Marco Island Rotary Club, president of the Marco Island YMCA Board of Directors, president and a director of the Marco Island Resident's Beach Association, a director of The Community Foundation of Collier County, a director of the Mental Health Association, a director of Youth Haven and a director of the Forum Club of Collier County, Inc. Glenn also served as a two term president of the Lawyers' Abstract Service, Inc. Board of Directors, on the Collier County School Board Search Committee for an Attorney, the Parks and Recreation Board, the Industrial Development Authority, the Coastal Advisory Council and the Tourist Development Council. He was recognized two times as the Marco Island Realtors Association Affiliate of the Year. Glenn's church affiliation was as a faithful member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Marco Island. He was survived by his wife, Bonnie Froom Tucker; step-children, Julie Ann Ward (Casey) of Naples, FL, Ryan A. Sykora of Paris, France and Ben A. Sykora of Columbus, OH; two sisters, Lois J. Tucker of Louisville, KY and Billie Presto (John) of Stockton, CA. Visitation will take place from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2009 (TOMORROW) at the Hodges-Josberger Funeral Home at 577 Elkcam Circle, Marco Island, FL 34145. A memorial service and celebration of Glenn's life will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 29, 2009 at the Marco Presbyterian Church, 875 West Elkcam Circle, Marco Island, FL 34145. The family invites visitors to join them for refreshments in the fellowship hall of the Church after the service. For those who are searching for ways to convey condolences, Mrs. Tucker welcomes flowers, but would also like for those who prefer donations to know that Glenn's favorite organization was the Marco Island YMCA tennis program and that a scholarship award to honor him has been set at the University of Louisville. The addresses are: Marco Island YMCA tennis program, in honor of E. Glenn Tucker, 101 Sand Hill Street, Marco Island, FL 34145 and the UL DU Alumni Scholarship Fund, in honor of E. Glenn Tucker, c/o Bill Underwood, 9885 Colony Grove, Villa Park, CA 92861.
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Obit Messenger results for 05/27/09.
