Otto Luker (1912 - 1985)

Born 17 Dec 1912 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 1985 at age 72 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Biography

The son of Lee Luker and Mary (Hollis) Luker, Otto was born in Wayne County in 1912. He lived with his family in Civil District 8.^[1][2]

In 1940, they were enumerated in Civil District 10.^[3]

He enlisted in the United States Army in 1940, being inducted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on September 18, 1940 and serving in the Corps of Engineers.^[4] He served throughout World War II, being discharged on January 10, 1945.

After the war, he married Willie B. McCaig (1921-2013), the daughter of Walter R. McCaig and Elizabeth Levisa Coble, marrying in Alabama City, Alabama on May 11, 1945.^[5]

They made their home in Michigan, and he passed away in Detroit at the age of 72, residing last in Warren.^[6][7] He has a memorial in the family plot at Bethlehem Cemetery in Wayne County.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN55-D2J : 3 February 2021), Otto Luker in entry for Lee A Luker, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP75-4P1 : accessed 20 February 2022), Otto Luker in household of Lay A Luker, District 8, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2B, line 100, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2284; FHL microfilm 2,342,018.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HV-WQC : 11 January 2021), Otto Lukes in household of Lee Lukes, Civil District 10, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-13, sheet 1B, line 67, family 15, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3946.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8L7-851 : 5 December 2014), Otto Luker, enlisted 18 Sep 1940, Ft Mcpherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21X-B6XC : 19 February 2021), Otto Luker and Willie B Mccaig, 11 May 1945; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,298.
6. ↑ "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZBQ-VMS : 4 December 2014), Otto Luker, 21 Nov 1985; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, death certificate number 63996, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY2R-22F : 9 January 2021), Otto Luker, Nov 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31956761/otto-luker : accessed 06 April 2022), memorial page for Otto Luker (17 Dec 1912–21 Nov 1985), Find A Grave: Memorial #31956761, citing Bethlehem Cemetery, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Charles Frank Keeton (contributor 47068842) .