“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;”> Maeola Ann Rucker “font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>, age 86, died in St. Louis, Missouri on July 23, 2011 of hyperthermia.
“font-family: Verdana;”>Ms. Rucker was born February 5, 1925 in “font-family: Verdana;”>to Samuel Wilson and Ola Mae Wilson. She studied for a time at a
in Baltimore
where she remembered learning
how to play the saxophone. Ms. Rucker graduated from St.
Joseph’s high school in
St. Louis, MO. She married her
late husband, William B. Rucker, Sr. in 1943 and she had 4
children. She went on to become a single mother and a hard working
and dedicated Nurse’s Aide at St. Louis State Hospital
for 22 years before she
retired.
Ms. Rucker had a thirst for
knowledge and she maintained a strong memory throughout life. She
loved reading newspapers and magazine and listening to radio
broadcasts to keep abreast of the latest news and current events.
She was also quite the fix-it-woman around the house. Ms. Maeola
Rucker’s survivors include her children, Antoinette Rucker, William
Rucker, Jr., Loretta Rucker and Michael Rucker. Ms. Rucker also had
numerous grandchildren and a great-
granddaughter.
