Steven P. Stucky CLU

Steven P. Stucky, C L U, died on May 9, 2026, at home in the presence of his family.  Born on September 25, 1936, in Berne, Indiana, he was the son of the late Sherman and Rebecca (Reusser) Stucky, also of Berne. He is now with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 66 years, Patricia Sue (Flueckiger) Stucky who he married in 1957. He was also preceded in death by his older brother Dr. Jerry L. Stucky (and his spouse Darlene) of Ft Wayne, IN, younger brother Sydney R Stucky (and his spouse Jane), of Noblesville, IN, and son-in-law Fred Perdue of Lafayette, IN.

He is survived by a daughter Greta (Wolf, Perdue) Dodson (spouse Dennis) of West Lafayette, IN, and a son, Robert Stucky (spouse Theresa), West Lafayette, IN. He had seven wonderful grandchildren, Randy Wolf, Katrina Perdue (partner Hamlett Dobbins), Rusty Perdue (spouse Erin), Andy Perdue, Alexa Stucky (spouse Jennifer), Spencer Stucky (spouse Emily R), Emily G Stucky and eleven great-grandchildren, all of whom he was very proud and loved dearly.

He received a B.S. Degree in Economics from Butler University in 1959 and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) Degree from The American College of Life Underwriters, Bryn Mawr, PA in 1966. He began his insurance career in 1957 and served as an underwriter, officer and member of the board of directors of a number of outstanding U.S. insurance companies. In 1981, he formed a Managing General Underwriting firm called the S. P. Stucky Company, Inc. in West Lafayette and operated it successfully until he sold it and retired in June of 2000.

Steve was an early pioneer in the national development of the “Stop Loss” insurance concept in connection with self-insured employee health care benefit plans.  Starting back in 1969, as Senior Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the Lafayette Life Insurance Company, he was one of the first in the U.S. to underwrite stop loss insurance and promote the concept of self-insurance for employer sponsored employee health care plans. He developed many of the underwriting theories, marketing approaches and much of the contractual policy language still used in the market today.

In 1988, he was elected President of the Self Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) and in 1989 served as the Chairman of its Board of Directors. He served two terms on the SIIA Board of Directors. He was also the founding Chairman of the Board of the Self Insurance Educational Foundation (SIEF), a non-profit foundation providing scholarships, research grants, and education on self-insurance and related topics.

For over thirty years, he contributed many articles in industry trade publications and served as a speaker and resource lecturer for numerous Insurance Carrier, TPA and Agent/Broker seminars. Also, he was a scheduled speaker for the following organizations: Mass Marketing Insurance Institute, Life Insurance Marketing Research Association, American Society of Pension Actuaries, International Conference of Captive Insurance Companies, Self Insurance Institute of America, Self-Funding Institute of Michigan, Group Underwriters Association of America, Indiana State University, American Medical Association, Coalition to Preserve Self Insurance, and Indiana Division, Self Insurance Institute of America.

He was active in many community affairs and served as a board member of the following organizations: Lafayette Symphony Foundation, Inc., Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Long Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., Lafayette Chapter of Chartered Life Underwriters, Tippecanoe County Mental Health Association, Lafayette Rotary Foundation, Lafayette Life Insurance Company and the Alternative Care Management Systems.

He was a member of the Noon Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow and a Double Diamond Golden Service member. He was also a Life Member of the Lafayette Elks’s #143. He was a Life member of the John Purdue All American Club and a Keystone member of the Purdue University President’s Council. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and Kappa Kappa Psi, an honorary college/university band fraternity. He loved to tell jokes and adored his wife and family.   He loved to golf, fish, hunt, and to travel with his wife Pat. Spending summers at their Northern Michigan lake home was like Heaven.

He started to take piano lesson in the sixth grade but stopped when his teacher told his mother that “she was wasting her money”. He took up the clarinet and by the time he was in High School. he earned the position of “first chair” in both the high school band and orchestra., He was first chair in the Berne, Indiana City Band, the Butler University Marching band and the West Chester, Pa Municipal band. He loved to get together with other musicians to improvise Jazz and Dixieland music.

He was an Elder in The Presbyterian Church and a member of Covenant Church in West Lafayette, Indiana.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory to The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, the Salvation Army, or the Covenant EPC Church in West Lafayette, IN.

Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until the time of the service at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at Soller-Baker Funeral Home, 400 Twyckenham Blvd. Lafayette, IN 47909 with Pastor Rob Eyman officiating. Private family entombment will follow at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens in West Lafayette, IN. You may leave memories and condolences at www.soller-baker.com.