- Date Of Birth: May 9, 1938
- Date Of Death: September 12, 2018
- State: Connecticut
Chauncy N. Rucker, 80, of Mansfield Center, died September 12, 2018 at Brookdale Buckingham Alzheimers and Dementia Care in Glastonbury, CT. Born in Kansas City, Kansas to Annalou (Turner) Rucker and Vance Mather Rucker, Chauncy grew up in Wichita and graduated from Wichita East High School, Baker University, Emporia State University, and the University of Iowa. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nancy, and his family, Vance Jason Rucker and Caitlin Schwarzman, and grandchildren Arlo and Alma of Alameda, California, and his son Christopher Neil Rucker of New York City. Chauncy felt privileged to see his family grow up and to enjoy their activities and accomplishments. He was predeceased by his sister, Mary Lou Weaver, and leaves Robin and Marcia Weaver and family of Plano, Texas, and Lou Anne Ward and family of Wichita, Kansas. Chauncy was in the Special Education Department of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut for thirty years, as coordinator of the Special Education Administration Training Program, director of the A.J. Pappanikou Center Technology Lab, founder and editor of the ConnSENSE Bulletin, and project director of the ConnNET and Daedalus Projects.
