Geraldine Tucker

1928 - 2022

MIDDLETOWN, CT - Geraldine "Gerrie" (Bailey) Tucker age 93 of Middletown, CT, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister passed away on July 8, 2022. She was born on August 5, 1928 to Franklyn and Geraldine (Reynolds) Bailey of Adrian, MI. She graduated from Adrian High School in 1946, attended Adrian College and graduated from Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT in 1980. She was a volunteer with the Probation Department in the Superior Court in Manchester, Ct and was a literacy volunteer in the community. She was employed by J.C. Penny and the Aetna Insurance Co. in Hartford, CT. In 1989 she and her husband returned to Adrian until 2014 when she moved back to CT to be with her son and daughters. She married Floyd J. Tucker of Adrian on July 3, 1954 and had 66 wonderful years of marriage. She is survived by her daughters, Cynthia (Mark) Higgins of Ponte Verde, FL, Jeraldine J. Tucker of Middletown, CT, Jacqueline J. DiMatteo of Rocky Hill, CT, and daughter-in-law Maureen (Tom) Gorman-Tucker of Madison, CT. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Heather (James) Gudger of Lake Sherwood, CA, Tucker Higgins of Denver, CO, Thomas DiMatteo and Maxwell DiMatteo both of Rocky Hill, CT, and her sister Pamela D. Bailey of Adrian, MI, along with a great many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and son, Thomas C. Tucker, her parents and sisters, Eileen Bailey and Lois Dryer, her brothers Franklyn (Bus) Bailey, Edwin Bailey, Philip (Tom) Bailey, Jack Bailey, and Jim Bailey A Funeral Mass for Geraldine will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family Parish, St. Mary's Campus, 305 Division Street, Adrian, MI with Father Michael Newman, OSFS as Celebrant. Burial will immediately follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation for Geraldine will take place on Saturday at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing until the time of Mass. The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed via Holy Family Parish Adrian's Facebook page, where it can later be viewed as a recording. Wagley Funeral Home, Adrian has been entrusted with arrangements, where online condolences and memories may be shared at www.WagleyFuneralHomes.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations in Gerrie's name be made online to the Tom Tucker Memorial Fund at www.HFPG.org or sent directly to the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, 10 Columbus Blvd., 8th Floor, Hartford, CT 06016.