Stucky, Roland D. (1924-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Sep 7 p. 13

Birth date: 1924 Jan 9

text of obituary:

ROLAND D. STUCKY

Roland D. Stucky, 85, died Aug. 9, 2009, at Palm Village in Reedley, Calif. He was born on Jan. 9, 1924, to John D. and O’Tillie Schrag Stucky on a farm near Moundridge, Kan.

He graduated from Moundridge High School and Bethel College, North Newton, Kan. At Bethel he met and later married Elaine Eymann of Reedley. After graduating from medical school at the University of Kansas, he practiced medicine in Kingsburg for the next 35 years specializing in family practice and general surgery. He also participated in several medical mission trips after he retired. He and Elaine retired in Wawona in Yosemite National Park, where they lived until Elaine’s death in 2002. He returned to the Kingsburg/Reedley area, when he married Ferne Boucher.

Survivors include his wife of almost six years, Ferne Boucher Stucky; three children, Maureen Sinclair of Puyallup, Wash., Patrice Flaming of Akron, Pa., and Scott Stucky of Escondido; two brothers, Melvin and LeRoy Stucky, both of Newton, Kan.; six granddaughters and a great-granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Elaine Eymann Stucky.