Obituary: Tom Ruckman

Longtime Grand Junction resident Robert Thomas (Tom) Ruckman passed away on Dec. 1, 2012, at his home in Prineville, Ore., with his son Tom at his bedside.
Tom was born July 20, 1931, in Lay, Colo., to Alice Marie (Anderson) Ruckman and Morris T. Ruckman, a pioneer family of Meeker, Colo.
Tom was graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1949, then went to work as a heavy equipment operator for the D&RG Railroad where…