Delta County CO Archives Obituaries.....Stucker, Nathan Wilkins September 2, 1959
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Funeral Services For Nathan Stucker Are Held Sunday

     Funeral services for Nathan Wilkins Stucker, long time Paonia resident 
who passed away at his home here on Wednesday evening, Sept. 2, were held 
Sunday, Spt. 6, at the Christian Church with the Rev. B.Y. Baughman, pastor 
of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating.  Interment was in the 
cemetery at Hotchkiss.

     Vocal music for the service was provided by Dr. Thayer Morris.  
Pallbearers were nephews of Mr. Stucker, Leonard Reed, Paul Reed, Lloyd Reed, 
Leroy Reed, Harry Stucker and Earl Stucker.

     Nate Stucker was born in Washington County, Iowa, on July 9, 1887, a son 
of Bishop Larkin Stucker and Jane DeLong Stucker.  On May 12, 1902, he was 
married to Nettie May Reed at Crawford.  A retired farmer, Mr. Stucker had 
been a resident of Colorado since 1895.  He came to Paonia 23 years ago.

     In 1898 he opened and operated a coal mine known as the Stucker Mine.  
He was an early pioneer of the North Fork Valley and helped develop the Oak 
Mesa Reservoir, the Fire Mountain ditch and the Co-Op Telephone system.  One 
of the first seven telephones was installed in his home.  He also saw the 
first railroad and power line brought into the valley.

     Other interests during his lifetime were freighting logs from Black Mesa 
with a four-horse team, operating a large cattle ranch near Crawford, and in 
1918 he moved his family to a fruit ranch at Hotchkiss.  About 1938 Mr. and 
Mrs. Stucker retired to their present home in Paonia.

     Mr. Stucker is survived by his wife; a son, Ray Stucker of Artesia, 
Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. Bernice Penfold of Delta, Mrs. Marie Jones of 
Norwalk, Calif., Mrs. Bertha Ankenman of Naturita, Mrs. Kathryn Besseltine of 
Fruita, Mrs. Carrie Lollar of Norwalk, Calif., and Mrs. Frances Joanes of 
Camino, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Callie Cox of Palacios, Texas.  A son, 
Gordon Stucker, preceded his father in death.

     In addition, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also 
survive.


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