Doctor Glenn Jefferson Tucker entered this world on November 8th, 1947, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to be cherished by his Father, Herbert Dow Tucker and his Mother, Celeta Lucille Tucker. It is with great sadness that we announce that he left this life from his comfortable home in Denver, Colorado, at the age of seventy-four, on February 8th, 2022.
He is survived by his brother, Terry, his sister Deanna, and many nieces and nephews. He and his wife, Janice (Rahmeier) Tucker, who passed January 13, 2018 had no children but their nieces and nephews were thought of much as their own. Most of Glenn’s early life was spent in Ogallah, Kansas, where he attended the Ogallah Christian Church, Ogallah Grade School, and continued on to Trego Community High School in nearby Wakeeney, where he graduated. His education continued at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, but was interrupted when drafted by the United States Army.
He served his country for two years in the military,
including a year in Vietnam during that conflict. Not to be deterred,
he resumed his educational pursuit at the University of Kansas in
Lawrence, Kansas, where he subsequently earned his Doctorate in
Environmental Science. He was retired from a long career with the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a part of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Throughout his professional life
and into retirement Glenn was an avid diver and SCUBA instructor,
photographer, and philanthropist. He had a passion for learning and his
home was filled with books. He and his wife Jan were also enthusiastic
travelers having explored all 7 continents.
Donations may be made in Glenn Tucker’s memory to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
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