Larry Dell Stucker

A Taylorsville resident, Mr. Larry Dell Stucker, 78, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024 at home surrounded by family. He was born August 8, 1946 in Oldham County to the late Lula Edna Ingram (later Derry) and Delbert Keylan Stucker. Larry was a retired registered nurse who also spent several years as a farmer.
He is survived by wife Sherry Henry Stucker of Taylorsville, daughter Tracy Stucker (Timothy) Maxwell of Richmond, KY, son Joseph Stucker of Louisville, brother William Harvey (Sherrill) Stucker of Louisville, sister Kathy Derry Day of Louisville, step-brother Russell (Laverne) Derry of Crown Point, IN, granddaughters Tiffany, Tory and Trinity Maxwell of Richmond and several nieces and nephews.
Over the course of their 57 and a half years of marriage Larry and Sherry raised two children in the Christian faith, supported each other through nursing school and subsequent careers and extensively remodeled several of their family homes. Larry was an avid reader and a great lover of music, his tastes in both books and music were vast and he had a true appreciation for the creative spirit. He enjoyed woodworking, cabinet and furniture making and restoration, gardening, general tinkering and working with his hands. He loved a good rolled oyster and a good fish sandwich.
A compassionate man, Larry enjoyed his work providing care for his patients and their family's as a registered nurse who specialized for several years in both intensive/critical care and geriatric psych. Prior to working as a nurse he practiced the same level of care and compassion while tending to his livestock as a farmer. Kindness, respect, humility and humor were the keys to his success as a caregiver as well as in his general life.
In retirement Larry enjoyed grilling and smoking meats, and finding and testing new recipes with his wife and family. From the comfort of a porch swing or glider he enjoyed sharing familiar stories or discussing current events in intimate moments of back porch fellowship while looking out over a freshly mowed backyard full of the flowers and vegetables that he tended. He took great delight in watching wildlife, the hummingbirds darting around the feeders and observing the wide variety of birds that populated the quirky and charming birdhouses that he had fashioned with his own hands. He was an honest man, a hard worker and a true friend.
At his request there will not be a public funeral service or visitation. Please join the family in remembering him fondly and often.
The Greenwell-Houghlin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.