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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 11 AM - 1 PM. A funeral service will be held at 1 PM Saturday at the funeral home followed by burial at the Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery.
Doris E. Tucker (nee Hoffmann), age 78 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Thursday, August 20, 2015. She had been a Wayne resident since 1964.
Doris was born in the Bronx, NY and grew up in Brooklyn. As a young girl, she enjoyed a successful career as a fashion model, appearing on runways and in print until she was about eighteen years old. Soon after finishing high school, Doris met Bert Tucker. Bert was celebrating his upcoming graduation from the West Point Military Academy and Doris was his blind date that evening. They enjoyed a little revelry around New York City’s Times Square on that first date and their love for one another grew quickly. They married later that same year, on December 22, 1956 and honeymooned for a few days in Florida. Bert was soon assigned to serve with the U.S. Army in Germany for the next three years, and they moved there together as newlyweds. While living in Germany, Doris was blessed with the birth of her daughter, Diane, and thus began her adventure as a mom. Upon returning to civilian life, Doris and Bert settled to Wayne in 1964. Doris became active with the Pines Lake Women’s Club for many years, serving as Hostess, and she was recognized with many awards for her needlepoint work.
Doris became an enthusiastic world traveler throughout the years, despite her early trepidation of visiting foreign lands. She has been all over the world including Moscow, New Zealand, Australia, and all of the Norwegian nations. She had toured throughout all of Europe on more than a few occasions. Domestically, she has visited over sixty national parks and monuments, white-water rafted down the Colorado River, and ridden a donkey into the Grand Canyon. She was never one to sit still and she truly enjoyed her adventures.
Doris is survived by her beloved husband of fifty eight years; Bert Tucker of Wayne, her daughter; Diane Joseph and her husband Robert of Wayne, three grandsons; Robert Joseph and his wife Emma of Mahwah, Timothy Joseph of Mahwah, and William Joseph of Wayne.
Donations in Doris’ memory, if friends so wish, would be appreciated to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, www.diabetes.org/donate.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 11 AM - 1 PM. A funeral service will be held at 1 PM Saturday at the funeral home followed by burial at the Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 11 AM - 1 PM. A funeral service will be held at 1 PM Saturday at the funeral home followed by burial at the Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery.
Doris E. Tucker (nee Hoffmann), age 78 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Thursday, August 20, 2015. She had been a Wayne resident since 1964.
Doris was born in the Bronx, NY and grew up in Brooklyn. As a young girl, she enjoyed a successful career as a fashion model, appearing on runways and in print until she was about eighteen years old. Soon after finishing high school, Doris met Bert Tucker. Bert was celebrating his upcoming graduation from the West Point Military Academy and Doris was his blind date that evening. They enjoyed a little revelry around New York City’s Times Square on that first date and their love for one another grew quickly. They married later that same year, on December 22, 1956 and honeymooned for a few days in Florida. Bert was soon assigned to serve with the U.S. Army in Germany for the next three years, and they moved there together as newlyweds. While living in Germany, Doris was blessed with the birth of her daughter, Diane, and thus began her adventure as a mom. Upon returning to civilian life, Doris and Bert settled to Wayne in 1964. Doris became active with the Pines Lake Women’s Club for many years, serving as Hostess, and she was recognized with many awards for her needlepoint work.
Doris became an enthusiastic world traveler throughout the years, despite her early trepidation of visiting foreign lands. She has been all over the world including Moscow, New Zealand, Australia, and all of the Norwegian nations. She had toured throughout all of Europe on more than a few occasions. Domestically, she has visited over sixty national parks and monuments, white-water rafted down the Colorado River, and ridden a donkey into the Grand Canyon. She was never one to sit still and she truly enjoyed her adventures.
Doris is survived by her beloved husband of fifty eight years; Bert Tucker of Wayne, her daughter; Diane Joseph and her husband Robert of Wayne, three grandsons; Robert Joseph and his wife Emma of Mahwah, Timothy Joseph of Mahwah, and William Joseph of Wayne.
Donations in Doris’ memory, if friends so wish, would be appreciated to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, www.diabetes.org/donate.
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