Lucinda Lynn "Cindy" (Rucker) Behr 1949 - 2018

RUCKER, BEHR, SMITH

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/19/2018 at 21:08:24

Sioux City Journal
26 May 2018

Sioux City

Lucinda Lynn "Cindy" (Rucker) Behr, 68, of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at a local hospital.

Private family service is being conducted through Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be directed to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Cindy was born on Aug. 31, 1949, in Clarinda, Iowa, to Katherine Pearl (Smith) and Elmer Lee Rucker. She attended Shenandoah (Iowa) High School and graduated in the class of 1968. Always artistically talented, Cindy's school years were full of musicals, plays and art projects. At one point, she sang in a state competition and won an award for Outstanding in the Field. Her dad was a farmer, so she was forever teased for being outstanding in the field.

Cindy continued her love of art and music with a career as a singer. She had many experiences traveling to Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Alaska, Aruba, the Philippines and many other locations.

After retiring, she met Curtis Behr and the two married in Shenandoah on July 25, 1995. Shortly after, they moved to Des Moines, where she was active in theater. After one year they moved back to Sioux City, where she worked with her husband in their business. In 2008, she opened her own business, One Of A Kind, where she put her arts and crafts talents to work with her best friend, Tracey Cabanna. Cindy spent many happy hours fulfilling her life's ambition of creating decorative items and paintings. She did interior design and sold floral arrangements, gift baskets, and other home design items. She was also a regular at karaoke and showcasing other singing talents, until her illness prevented her from continuing.

Survivors include her husband, Curtis Behr; sisters, Kathy (Ed) Sands, Wanda (Dale) Lockamy, and Barbara Rucker; sons, Clinton Ogle and Doug Ogle; nephews, Jason (Shantel) Sands, Aaron (Rachel) Sands, Justin Roeder, and Reagan Roeder; and many grandnieces and nephews.

Cindy was preceded in death by her father, Lee Roeder; and stepfather, Irvin Buckner.