Dick and Ruthie Tucker 60th

TUCKER 60th

Dick and Ruthie Tucker celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family camping trip to Priest Lake, Idaho, in the summer. The celebration continued with a Holiday Light Show cruise with the family on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, followed by a family dinner at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Richard "Dick" Tucker and Ruth "Ruthie" Sleeter first met while attending Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Wash. After graduating in 1953, they both continued their education at Walla Walla College. While at college, Ruthie heard that Dick was going to ask her for a date. She worked at the college dairy store and watched him drive around the block several times before he got the courage to come in and ask her out.

They were married in Walla Walla, Wash., on Dec. 4, 1954. Ruthie worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while Dick was completing his education. Dick worked summers logging in Sandpoint, Idaho, with his father. Dick graduated with a civil engineering degree from Walla Walla College in 1958.

After graduation, the Tuckers moved to Newport, Idaho, where Dick worked for an engineering firm. A few years later they moved to Littleton, Colo., and Dick worked for an international engineering firm for a couple years. He had a chance to travel and went to Jamaica for part of a year to work on an engineering project.

When they moved to Sandpoint in 1968, Dick started his own engineering business and a logging company.

During these busy years, Ruthie managed the bookkeeping and office duties for their businesses while juggling the demands of their family. After semiretiring, they have spent more time with their children and their families, enjoyed camping and gardening, and also traveling to southwestern states to visit family and friends. Dick still does some small-scale logging on his property.

They have always been actively involved in their local church and school. Ruthie played the organ, and Richard has been a Sabbath School teacher, elder and school board chairman for many years.

The Tucker family includes Don and Carol (Tucker) Nord of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Gilbert and Lynda (Tucker) Bailey of Sandpoint, Idaho; Kendall and Lori (Tucker) Kyle of College Place, Wash.; 9 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.