Richard Woodbury Tooker, ^

1909 - 1998  (89 years)

• Name	Richard Woodbury Tooker  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	7 Jan 1909	NY   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Dec 1998	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 3]
  Burial	Center Moriches (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I8031	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Brown Tooker, (ii) < >,   b. 12 Mar 1871, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 15 Jun 1950, Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Pheobe Maria Thomas, >,   b. 9 Apr 1875, NY d. 10 May 1963 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1895	Mastic, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F4353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Florence Von Glahn, ^,   b. 1 Nov 1917, Richmond Hill, Queens, NY d. 4 Oct 1998, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1946	Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Gail Patricia Tooker, ^   2. Bruce Benjamin Tooker, ^   3. Debra Anne Tooker, ^
  Family ID	F3783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I09467&tree=Tooker. [S80] Stephanie Bigelow, Bellport and Brookhaven: A Saga of the Sibling Hamlets of the Old Purchase South. (Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society. 1968), p. 70. [S112] Social Security Death Index (U.S. Social Security Administration). [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 14 Mar 1946, p. 5. TOOKER—VON GLAHN Miss Edna Florence Von Gahn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Von Glahn of Avery avenue, and Richard Woodbury Tooker, son of Mr. and Mrs Benjamin B. Tooker of Center Moriches, were married Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at the home of the bride's parents. The rooms were decorated with sweetpeas, pink carnations and snapdragons. There were twenty relatives present. The bride wore an afternoon dress of aqua crepe trimmed with silver sequins and a corsage of pink rosebuds. She was attended by Miss June Wytlins of Avery avenue, who wore a shell pink afternoon dress and a corsage of blue sweetpeas. Benjamin B. Tooker, Jr., of Mineola, was his brother's best man. A dinner was held at the Old Oak hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Tooker will spend two weeks at West Palm Beach, Fla., and on their return will reside at 135 Washington avenue. Mr. Tooker is in the building and construction business. Mrs. Tooker has been employed for six years as bookkeeper in the Bee Hive store. [S56] John Deitz, Personal Knowledge.