Glenn Austin Tucker, 85, died Thursday Aug. 23, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. at Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home. Internment with military honors will follow at Warrensburg Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Warrensburg. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, at the funeral home.

Glenn was born on Aug. 26, 1932, in Wichita Falls, Texas.

In 1951 he joined the Air Force, serving for 26 years. While stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base for technical school, he met his wife, Shirley Ann Tucker, at a local diner in Warrensburg. They were married in Las Vegas in 1954 while he was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base. They had two children, Robert “Bobby” Tucker and Glenda Tucker (now Glenda Avalos-Andrade.) Due to his military career, Glenn and his family were well-travelled. They lived in places such as Germany, Belgium, Missouri, New Jersey, Idaho, Nevada, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Glenn retired from the Air Force as Senior Master Seargant in 1977. He then attended Bellevue University, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Administration in 1982. In 1984, he took employment with Enron. He retired from that company in 1992.

Glenn was intelligent and paid attention to detail; he enjoyed word and number puzzles, he did not dress casually and he kept impeccable records. He was a coin collector, gathering many from his time abroad, and also cultivated a small collection of knives.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Shirley Ann Tucker, and his son, Robert “Bobby” Austin Tucker.

He is survived by his daughter, Glenda Avalos-Andrade; his six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He is dearly missed.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research and can be left in care of the funeral home.