The Independence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Thursday August 19, 1937 Death Takes W.S. Tucker. End to Caney Farmer Comes Unexpectedly. William S. TUCKER, 60, died suddenly Wednesday evening abotu 6 o'clock in a hay field on his farm, route 1, Caney, following a heart attack. Mr. Tucker was stricken while working in the field and died before he could be removed to the house. He had complained of feeling ill during the day, his family said. Mr. Tucker was born May 10, 1877 in Hart county, Ky., and at the age of six months came to Kansas with his parents and settled on a farm in Rutland township. He resided there until about four years ago when he moved to the present home place near Caney. He was married in 1905 to Ethel MITCHELL, who died here in 1927. Surviving are six sons, Delbert of Independence, Buford, Willard and Leland of the home, Dale and William of Elk City; five daughters, Mrs. Yola BLANKENSHIP, of Independence, Mrs. Thelma BOYLE of Independence, Mrs. Athalee BLANKENSHIP of Independence, Mrs. Mabel WALTERS, of Rutland, and Miss Lucille TUCKER, of the home; three brothers, E.R. Tucker, of Rutland, Orville Tucker of Independence, Richard Tucker of Bolton; two sisters, Mrs. J.F. REEVES of Kalispell, Mont.; and Mrs. Bertha BERGY of Portland, Ore. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Potts Funeral chapel. Burial will be in Rutland cemetery.