Grandpa Jim, although we lost touch over the years I've never forgot my grandpa Jim. I wish that I could turn back time so that I could hear you tell a story and see your coin & stamp collection one more time. I thought about you often after my dad passed away, after losing him we lost touch with most of his side. I know we will meet again one day, until that day comes I am grateful to have amazing angel watching over the family & I. I love you grandpa Jim. Now you & my dad can play pinochle in heaven. XOxo

Tukes, I honestly cannot even guess where the influence you had on my life started and I know it will never end. You helped o teach me what it means to be a man. You served the causes you believed in without hesitation, fear of failure or thought of reward. The lives you touched were many and I can testify to the impact you could make on them. I remember still the late nights we would stay up talking in your office. How you would answer any question I had. I didn't have to pretend to be interested in anything you said for everything you told me was interesting and each story had a lesson. You reinforced what everyone else said. Work smarter not harder, hard work will take you far but don't rely on it for a living, a body can only go so far and you don't want to be hurt. Be nice and plesent to the people you meet it can only work to your favor, I recall a story about being nice while delivering ice. So many stories I can't even begin to recall half of them at the moment. The story of how you got your license, you proved you could do it and they couldn't argue with your ability then. The stories of our trip around the world, the stories of working the postal routes, how to do book keeping how to live a life with few regrets. I learned so much from you and I will miss you but I can never forget you. The lessons you gave me have made me into what I am and what I will be. Thank you. God take you, keep you and love you as you deserve for you truly deserve the best he has to offer. Thank you for letting me sit and talk with you, for listening when others wouldn't, for influencing my life for the better, for helping to smile when I was in a foul mood, for sharing your brother with me and for helping me learn how to help others and get them to smile. I never did pic up the spoons, harmonica, or bugle, but there might still be time and I will not waste it. You taught me there aren't enough hours when we want them so don't waste them when we have them to spare. Thank you for all your lessons, even thous I still have yet to fully understand. Now be at peace in the arms of the lord.

Thank you for loving us and supporting us.  I know that you and my brother have an unbreakable bond and even know you are with him, in his heart and his head, stay with him and let him know it is ok to miss your physical presence but you will still be with him forever.

Thank you for loving us like family.  We love you as my other grandpa.  I know you have met up with your loved ones and will be watching over us from afar.  Sending thoughts and prayers.

 Thanks for all the great memories. I will never forget all the rides and small trips we took. When you came to visit, you always made it to all my baseball games. I will never forget those memories. Although, there was a generation gap, we never had a problem communicating. Many evenings we would discuss the post office. I will always remember you telling me "they do not care how much you know, until they know how much you care." That advice has help me greatly over the years. You were my mother's favorite brother and my favorite uncle. I always looked forward to you coming home. Now I know my mother is looking forward to seeing you again. To the family that I never met and wished I could have, may God bless each and every one of you. Your father was one true American hero.

Thanks for all the great memories. I will never forget all the rides and small trips we took. When you came to visit, you always made it to all my baseball games. I will never forget those memories. Although, there was a generation gap, we never had a problem communicating. Many  evenings we would discuss the post office. I will always remember you telling me "they do not care how much you know, until they know how much you care." That advice has help me greatly over the years. You were my mother's favorite brother and my favorite uncle. I always looked forward to you coming home. Now I know my mother is looking forward to seeing you again. To the family that I never met and wished I could have, may God bless each and every one of you. Your father was one true American hero.

Uncle Jim was a wonderful man and I have many great memories of him.My wife and I send our love and prayers to the family and friends.

OBITUARY

James Robert Tukesbrey

November 26, 1921 – April 21, 2012

Eternal Valley Memorial Park & Mortuary

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