Ruckman married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorce.[7] He had five children with his wife Janie Bess May.[8] His son, P.S. Ruckman Jr., was a nationally renowned political expert who taught as a professor at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois and as an instructor at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois until his death in March 2018.[9]
Sad about the boys.