Acker, Arleigh Manford (1892-1981)
ACKER, NOYER, HANCOCK, THOMPSON, BRADLEY, OLIGMUELLER, ENGERBRETSON, KITCHEN
Posted By: Carl Malone (email)
Date: 7/23/2016 at 16:43:46
The Atlantic News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa
March 7, 1981Arleigh Acker Dies At Home In Wiota
Arleigh Manford Acker, 88, retired Wiota farmer and trucker, died Friday at his home in Wiota.
The son of Thaddeus W. and Ida Elizabeth Noyer Acker, he was born July 8, 1892, five miles southeast of Atlantic and lived his entire life in Cass County, except for two years when he managed a creamery at Alta.
Mr. Acker retired from farming and trucking in 1959 and moved to Wiota. He was married to Joy E. Wissler and was later married to Jessie Wissler Kennedy. He was a member of the Wiota United Methodist Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mardell Hancock of Indianola; a stepdaughter, Mrs Myrrle Thompson of Huron, S. D.; five grandchildren, Allan Bates of Underwood, Mrs. Colleen Bradley of Independence, Mo., John Hancock of Ann Arbor, Mich., Craig Hancock of Lamoni and Benjamin Hancock of Pleasantville; five great grandchildren, Aaron, Amy and Jacqueline Hancock, Dwayne and Daniel Bradley;
Three stepgranddaughters, [step granddaughters], Mrs. Bill (Audrey) Oligmueller of St. Lawrence, S.D., Kaye Engerbretson of Huron, S.D., and Janiece Thompson of Minneapolis, Minn.; three brothers, Clifton of Camdenton, Mo., Leroy and Clarence, both of Atlantic; and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Joy, who died in 1955; his second wife, Jessie, who died in 1980; a son, Marvin, who died in 1952; his parents; a brother, Clayton, who died in 1977; and a sister, Abbie Kitchen, who died in 1963.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Roland Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lloyd Johnson of the Wiota United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.
The family will meet relatives and friends from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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Full Birth and Death Dates as provided by the contributor: July 8, 1892 - March 6, 1981
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