David Earl Rucker

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Ertel Funeral Home

Posted event

January 21, 2026

Jan

Funeral service

10:00 a.m.

Lighthouse Baptist Church

11502 Hwy 145, Cortez, CO 81321

Ertel Funeral Home

Posted an obituary

January 21, 2026

David Rucker Obituary

David Earl Rucker, 79, of Cortez, Colorado, passed away on December 29, 2025, at Mercy Medical Center in Durango, Colorado, surrounded by loved ones. Born January 29, 1946, David was a skilled motorcycle mechanic and a devoted husband and father... Read David Rucker's Obituary