Danny L. Tucker, 72, of Nickerson died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Omaha.
Danny was born June 25, 1950, in Fremont to Robert and Frances ‘Grogan’ Tucker. He was raised in the Nickerson/Fontanelle area and graduated from Hooper High School in 1968. After high school he ran restaurants for Kings Food Host in Council Bluffs, Omaha and Columbus. He then ran a bar in Nickerson called ‘Tucker’s Tavern’. He sold the bar and went to work Selling Fire Apparatus for Danko, MES and then for Danko again until he retired in 2019.
Danny loved to play poker, watch Nebraska football and play shuffleboard. He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Fontanelle and was a longtime member of the Nickerson Volunteer Fire Department.
Danny married Sandra on July 31, 1993.
Survivors:
Wife – Sandy of Nickerson
Children – Brenda (special friend Julie Kaup) Mutizhe of Fremont
Eric (Tania) Remelius of Aurora, Colorado
Brian (Chandra) Tucker of Gretna
Michael Remelius of Bellevue
Brad (Sara) Tucker of Fremont
13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild on the way
Sisters – Nancy (Ed) Frey of Fremont
Judy (Leonard) Brewer of Lincoln
Brothers – Rick (Jane) Tucker of Nickerson
Garry Tucker of Fremont
Sisters-in-law – Connie (Tom) Coe of Hooper
Linda (Dean) Maule of Bloomfield
Nancy (Greg) Tomrdle of Hooper
Betty (Cal) Tigges of Carroll, Iowa
Brother-in-law – Dan (Kelly) Bliemeister of Fountain Hills, Arizona
There is no viewing but the family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023 at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont. The memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 at at Salem Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. The Rev. Allison Siburg will officiate. Burial will follow in the Salem Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials can be directed to the family.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
