Preston Thomas Tucker |
| Posted 2015-01-03 by Maggie |
| The Arizona Republic 10/15/2003 - 10/16/2003 Preston Thomas Tucker, Jr., son of the legendary carmaker, died Sunday, October 12, 2003. Born May 19, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, he was 78. Following World War II service in the U.S. Navy, Tucker began his career working for his father, automaker Preston Tucker, creator of the '48 Tucker Torpedo. During the 1950's, Tucker and his young family moved to Missouri where he worked on development of the rocket engines powering the early space program. In 1967, Preston Tucker joined Motorola in Phoenix, Arizona, as an engineering manager. Preston Tucker earned his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering Management from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Drury College. He was a Mason and Shriner, and a member of Phi Gamma Delta and many professional associations in engineering, plant management, and racing mechanics. Tucker died in his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, following an extended convalescence as a result of cardiac difficulties and the complications of diabetes. Preston Tucker is survived by Shirley, his wife of 55 years, and his four children and three grandchildren - Preston III, Lindsay Chapman and her husband, Bill, and daughters, Chelsea and Alyx, Kenton and his wife, DesaRae, and son, Dakota, and Clayton and his betrothed, Jennifer Medley. All are residents of Scottsdale. Tucker is also survived by his sisters, Shirley Hozier of Sun City West, Arizona, Marilyn McAndrew of Ypsilanti, Michigan and Murietta, California, and his youngest brother, John Tucker of Long Beach, California. Visitation and services at Messinger Mortuary, 7601 East Indian School Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. Interment at Paradise Memorial Gardens. |
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