Marlene Verle (Tucker) Sances

Marlene Verle (Tucker) Sances, 73, of Sadler, Texas formally Sycamore, Illinois passed away March 17, 2017 at Whitesboro Health and Rehab, Whitesboro Texas.

Marlene was born March 7, 1944 in Carter, Wisconsin to Louisa Olive and Gerald Wesley Tucker. She proudly graduated from McHenry County College in 1991 at age 47, she retired from the Accounting Department of Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin Illinois in 2009.

She is survived by a sister Rosalie Swanson of Lake in the Hills, Illinois; two sons, Daniel White, of Adamsville, Tennessee; Patrick Meglin of Sadler, Texas; five grandchildren, Steven, Nathan, Joshua, Joanna and Daniel White; One great grandson Colton White; six nieces Connie Nelson, Tina Chapman, Eileen Lloyd, Amy DaPonte, Bethany Frost, and Nadine Lundstrom; and five nephews Roger Tucker Jr., Charlie Tucker, David Frost, Gerald Tucker III, and Ray Tucker. She was known to many as Grandma and as Grandma next door that moved to Texas by Michele and Caleb Seay.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Roger and Gerald Jr., Two infant children and 3 ex-husbands.

Her wishes were that her body be donated to science and that a party be held to celebrate her life instead of a funeral. She stated she wanted flowers while she was alive not when she was dead. Her body was donated to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Willed Body Program. An open house/ remembrance party will be held Saturday April 15^th from 1pm til the party is over at her Niece Eileen Lloyd's home, Harvard Illinois. Interment will follow at a later date.