Christopher Tucker

Christopher Tucker, 41, of Missoula, passed away on October 26, 2013, as a result of an accident on U.S. Highway 12 near Lolo Pass while pursuing one of his passions.

Chris was born August 6, 1972, in Biloxi, Mississippi to Jimmy and Oletta (Ray) Tucker. As a young boy he lived with his parents in Georgia, Turkey, California, and Greece. It was as a toddler in Turkey where he first showed his talent for foreign languages. He later became fluent in Spanish and Russian and was conversant in German.

He joined the U.S. Army in 1996, serving as a linguist in Germany. After discharge from the Army, Chris attended Montana State University where he graduated with honors in 2004, receiving a B.A. in Philosophy. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Air Force upon graduation and served as an Intelligence Officer with the Special Operations Command. During this time, he married Catherine Aikin who was also in the Air Force and they had two daughters, Felicity and Sophianna.

After they were both discharged from the Air Force they moved to Missoula where Chris was currently a third-year law student at the University of Montana Law School.

Chris was always interested in having unique experiences in life, learning about different cultures and knowing people with unusual backgrounds and discovering the best examples of things that interested him. He would pursue that discovery with passion, especially food, tea, wine, vehicles, music, books, and outdoors equipment. He particularly enjoyed good food and drink, good music, being in the outdoors especially in the mountains, and riding motorcycles.

People remember his even temper, his easy-going manner, his friendly support, his acceptance of everyone regardless of differences, his off-beat sense of humor and his pursuit of excellence in all the things he enjoyed.

He is survived and missed by his wife Catherine, daughters Felicity and Sophianna, mother Oletta Ray, father Jimmy, step-mom Janet, and brother Jeremy.

A memorial service will be held at 12:00 on Monday, November 4 at the University of Montana Law School atrium. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to either:

Sierra Club It Gets Better Project
www.sierraclub.org www.itgetsbetter.org
(415) 977-5653

Cremation was under the care of Garden City Funeral Home & Crematory.
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