Linus Edward Huck
Thursday, September 13, 2001
On the morning of Sept. 4, 2001, at his home in Commerce, Linus Edward Huck, retired Mississippi riverboat captain, sat down at his big easy chair and died. He was 86 years old. The son of George W. and Ilma Baumstark Huck, he was born at Crystal City, Mo., on Feb. 9, 1915. Having married Ann Alice Foster, daughter of C.C. "Hibbs" and Flora Rasberry Foster, on Oct. 3, 1936, at Fairfield, Ill., Bud, as he was known to friends, settled down to first Big Island, and then shortly afterwards, to Commerce, where he had a family and lived his life.
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