{"id":1591,"date":"2024-12-03T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2024-12-03T13:45:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:45:58","slug":"steven-dale-steve-tucker-71-of-shelbyville-formerly-of-cowden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1591-steven-dale-steve-tucker-71-of-shelbyville-formerly-of-cowden\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Dale &#8220;Steve&#8221; Tucker (71) of Shelbyville, formerly of Cowden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Steven Dale \u201cSteve\u201d Tucker, 71, of Shelbyville, IL, formerly of Cowden, IL, passed away at 8:55 a.m. on Sunday, December 1, 2024, in his residence.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2024, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL with Pastor Don \u201cSatch\u201d Thomas officiating and Pastor Ron Tucker assisting graveside. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:30 p.m. on Saturday in the funeral home. The burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Steve was born on September 15, 1953, in Shelbyville, IL, the son of Corwin and Mary (VanHorn) Tucker. He graduated from Cowden High School in the Class of 1971. Steve grew up on the family farm near Cowden and helped with grain and livestock farming at an early age. He worked full-time as a tire builder at Firestone in Decatur until the plant closed in 2001. In addition to operating his farm, Steve worked for CF Industries, Inc. in Cowden and United Producers, Inc. in Shelbyville. Steve raised purebred Texas Longhorn Cattle on his farm and was a Texas Longhorn Breeders Association member. He was also a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Shelbyville and the United Steelworkers of America, Local #713 of Decatur. Steve was an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs and loved being the \u201cIce Cream Man\u201d for his family and friends. He married Pamela Sue \u201cPam\u201d Huber on June 2, 1973, in Shelbyville, IL.<\/p>\n<p>Steve is survived by his wife, Pam; son, Travis Tucker (Heather) of Lakewood, IL; daughters, Traci Hassinger (Chris) of Germantown Hills, IL and Tara Fatland (Kevin) of Frankfort, IL; eleven grandchildren, Haleigh, Skyler, Elly, and Sadie Hassinger, Sydney, Kade, Tucker, Austin, and Owen Fatland, and Georgia and Eli Tucker; brothers, Gary Tucker (Mary Ann) of Altamont, IL and Ron Tucker (Joy) of Assumption, IL; sister, Cheryl Ballinger (Steve) of Pleasant Plains, IL; and sister-in-law, Rosalie \u201cRosie\u201d Tucker of Effingham, IL.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents, Corwin and Mary Tucker; brother, Dennis Tucker; and sister, Sharon Elaine Tucker in infancy.<\/p>\n<p>S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve died the morning of Sunday, December 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steven Dale &quot;Steve&quot; 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