Martha F Tucker

Martha Frances Mason Tucker (Marty) of Raytown, MO, passed away at the age of 89 on Oct. 6, 2016. Services will be on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd, Kansas City, MO. Visitation will be 9am, with the funeral service beginning at 10am. Burial will follow the funeral, in Floral Hills Cemetery. Marty was born in 1927 to Charles Mason and Ruby Baker Mason in Weaubleau, MO. She graduated from high school in 1944, then moved to Kansas City, MO, where she worked for General Motors. In 1946 she married Lewis Calvin Tucker, and together they raised 4 children over the next 35 years, until Lewis died in 1981. She spent her remaining work years as the Education Secretary at First Baptist Church of Raytown, MO, where the family has been long-time members. Marty is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Ruby Mason, brother Charles Thomas Mason, and husband, Lewis Tucker. She is survived by her sister, Betty Mason McClure, children William L. Tucker, Michael S. Tucker, Linda S. Tucker Millbank, Lisa L. Tucker, and grandson William A. Tucker. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Heart of America, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, KS 66208. Arrangements: D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., KCMO, (816) 353-1218.