Rich passed away on June 16th after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his mother Margret Ruckman; father and step-mother Jim & Harriet Ruckman; son-in-law Matt Pitts; grandson Coleman Richardson; grandson-in-law Chip Green; great-grandson Zachary Green; and in-laws Archie & Arline Wedell. He is survived by his wife of 37 years Barbara (Wedell) Ruckman; children Kathy & Greg Fisher of Alaska, Ginny Ruckman of Alaska, Julie & Brian Endle of Alaska, Kelly & Jeff Bajema of Grand Rapids, Jim & Debbie Haynes of Grand Rapids & Kathleen Pitts of Alaska; 31 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; two brothers Jim & MaryAnn Ruckman of Missouri, Bob & Debbie Ruckman of Illinois; sister Carmen Massey of Missouri; step-sister Pat Shannon of Arizona; sister & brother-in-laws Beverly & Jeff Osburn of Ohio, Ruby & Jesse Lowery of Florida. In his younger years he was an avid hunter, but later in life, golf was the name of the game. He enjoyed family gatherings and gardening. Tending to flowers was his passion. Rich worked for McDonald Douglas Aircraft Corp in St. Louis and retired in 1975 to move to Alaska where he owned Sutton General Store for three years. He returned to Grand Rapids and went back to work for McDonald Douglas Aircraft Corp, opened a new plant for them in Columbus, OH, only to retire again. He couldn't stay still and went to work for Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceutical in Mason, MI. Later on he was transferred to a Vermont Plant where he officially retired in 2004. His one real passion in life was to build a 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe. It was his pride and joy and took him to this day to build his car how he wanted. He was very proud of how it turned out. Rich loved his large family and many friends. A service will be held at Ofield Funeral Home, 4500 Kalamazoo Ave SE in Kentwood, on Saturday, June 27th at 1:00 PM with a visitation one hour prior.