he Tuckers farmed 250 acres 30 miles outside of Peoria, Illinois, raising oats, corn, soybeans, hay, and cattle. Janet Tucker amazed the family when she brought a city boy home from the University of Illinois to meet them, and he amazed them further. He recited the Gettysburg Address in the feedlot, and the cattle gathered around to listen. Then he and Janet flew back to school in a single-engine plane. Janet’s mother made her swear she “knew how to land that thing” before allowing him to fly her to Chicago to meet
