Rucker, Kenneth Robert 1957 - 2017

RUCKER, USTBY, MERRILL, RENNIE, WATSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:43

Kenneth R. Rucker, age 60, passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Golden Living Center in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He is formerly of Decorah, IA and Rochester, MN.

Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah with Pastor Chad Huebner officiating. Burial will be in Phelps Cemetery in Decorah.

Visitation begins at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 15, one hour before the service, at Fjelstul Funeral Home.

Kenneth Robert Rucker was born June 30, 1957 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Robert and Doris (Ustby) Rucker. He went to grade school and junior high school in Onalaska, Wisconsin and high school in Austin, Minnesota where he graduated with the Class of 1975. He married Yvette Merrill in. 1976, they were divorced 2009.

Kenneth started working as a painter for his father in high school, worked at Community Action in Decorah, Iowa, and also as a painter in Rochester, Minnesota.

He had many interests including reading, genealogy, home renovation, and board games (especially Strategy).

Kenneth is survived by his brother, Russell (Elena) of Orfordville, Wisconsin; his sister, L. Jill (Jon) Rennie of Senoia, Georgia; his four children: Benjamin (Hisako) Rucker, Sarah Rucker, Andrew Rucker, and Rebecca Rucker; his five granddaughters: Sakura Rucker, Mizuki Rucker, Reina Rucker, Yuuna Rucker and Gracelynn Watson; his ex-wife Yvette Rucker of Rochester, Minnesota.

He is preceded in death by his mother Doris on July 17, 1999; and his father Robert on January 23, 2013.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database

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