Obituary of Korey Paul Kucker
Korey P. Kucker, 39, of West Peabody, died peacefully on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Salem, MA on June 11, 1971, the son of Nancy (Chase) Kucker and the late Leonard Paul Kucker and had resided in Peabody most of his life.
Korey was a graduate of Peabody Vets, Memorial High School and receive a degree from New Hampshire College in 1993.
He had been a boy scout in his youth and played on the Peabody Little League teams. It was then that he developed his love of soccer. He played for the Peabody High Soccer Team and also at New Hampshire College. Later her became a referee for the City of Peabody and Essex county soccer teams and refereed many state soccer tournaments.
Korey volunteered his time from the age of eight at the Shrine Circus, the Haunted House and the Rodeo. At 21, he became a mason and went on to become a Shriner with Aleppo Temple in Wilmington, MA and was a member of the Aide’s Association there.
He had been employed at the former MVP Sports store in Danvers as the Head cashier. He also was employed at Hannaford Super Market in West Peabody as a service clerk while working full time at MVP. Upon MVP’s closing, he continued working at Hannaford until his illness prevented him from working. He was an avid outdoorsmen who loved waterskiing, knee boarding, tubing and boating. He had spent many summers at Lakeside Pines in Bridgton, Maine.
He is survived by his wonderful, loving and dedicated wife, Aimee (Naseman) Kucker, his sister and her husband Jennifer and Michael Benoit and was the proud uncle of Tyler and Brianna Benoit. He also leaves his maternal grandparents Lousie (Bowden) and Babe Chase, many aunts, uncles, cousins and many close friends along with Maureen Hanna, Nancy's companion.
A Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 from 4:00 until 8:00 PM at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home at the 82 Lynn St., Peabody facility. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the West Congregational Church, Johnson St., West Peabody. Inurnment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, West Peabody. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Huntington Disease Society of America, NE Regional Office, 6 Boston Rd., Suite 203A, Chelmsford, MA 01824 or to Kaplan Family Hospice House, 75 Sylvan St.,, Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923 in his memory.
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Cemetery Service
Saturday, June 4, 2011Oak Grove CemeteryPine StreetWest Peabody MA11:00AM
Funeral
Saturday, June 4, 2011West Congregational ChurchJohnson StreetWest Peabody, MA10:00AM
Visitation 1
Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home82 Lynn StreetPeabody, MAWednesday, June 1, 20114:00PM8:00PM
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