{"id":2450774,"date":"2019-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=315574"},"modified":"2019-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T07:00:00","slug":"thomas-lucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/thomas-lucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Lucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/obitlucks-atd-110619.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/obitlucks-atd-110619.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/obitlucks-atd-110619-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thomas Edwin Lucks, 70, of Fruita died at home on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 of natural causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tom was born in Minneapolis, MN on Jan. 6, 1949, the eldest son of Ed and Evie Lucks. The ski-nut family moved to Colorado in 1964 chasing Colorado\u2019s legendary powder. He was the valedictorian of his Northglenn High School (Denver) class and served his country in the Navy during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After spending time in the mid-west, Tom and his wife and children returned to the Roaring Fork Valley in the mid-1980s, where he worked in property management and was active with Challenge Aspen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tom was an avid outdoorsman, hunter, hiker, camper, and skier. Friends and community members knew him for his resonant laughter and generosity. He retired to the Fruita\/Mack area in 2001 and enjoyed his volunteer work at the food bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tom is survived by his loving former wife and dear friend Barbara, companion Christine Peterson, sister Corlyn (Corky), brother Doug, children Marjorie and Ned, his five grandchildren, and a large extended family in St. Louis. He was preceded in death by his brother Lucas and his parents Ed and Evie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A memorial service will be held at Canyon West Worship Center in Fruita at 3:00 pm on Saturday, Nov. 9, followed by a reception at the Copper Club in Fruita. Memorial donations may be made to the Food Bank of the Rockies \u2013 Western Slope (foodbankrockies.org).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/obituaries\/thomas-lucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Edwin Lucks, 70, of Fruita died at home on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 of natural causes. Tom was born in Minneapolis, MN on Jan. 6, 1949, the eldest son of Ed and Evie Lucks. The ski-nut family moved to Colorado in 1964 chasing Colorado\u2019s legendary powder. 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