Acker, Thadeus Wakefield (1860-1933)

ACKER, HARRIS, NOYER, KITCHEN

Posted By: Carl Malone (email)
Date: 8/24/2016 at 14:29:41

The Carroll Daily Herald
Carroll, Iowa
May 17, 1933

T. W. Acker, Father Of Mrs. Kitchen, Is Buried Tuesday

Funeral services for T. W. Acker, father of Mrs Clyde Kitchen, were held yesterday afternoon at his late home seven miles southeast of Atlantic. The Rev. William Mack, pastor of the Union Park Presbyterian church at Des Moines, formerly pastor of the Atlantic Presbyterian church, delivered the sermon before a large gathering of relatives and friends. A Masonic quartet sang two of Mr. Acker’s favorite hymns, “That Beautiful Land” and “Remember Me”.

Burial was in the Atlantic cemetery where the Masonic lodge had charge of the rites at the grave. The pallbearers were five sons and a son-in-law. A. M. Acker of Wiota, Clayton, Clifton, and Clarence Acker of Atlantic, Leroy Acker of Massena and Clyde Kitchen of Carroll.

Thaddeus Wakefield Acker, a prominent farmer of Grove township for more than half a century and a native of Pennsylvania, died at 10 o’clock Sunday morning in the home where he had lived for the last 32 years. Death was due to complications from which he had been suffering for the last seven months. He had been bedfast for the last seven weeks.

He was born June 7, 1860 at Martinsburg, Pa. In 1871 he came west with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Acker, and settled on a farm in Cedar county, where they remained until 1880 and then moved to a farm in Grove township.

He was united in marriage Dec. 29, 1886 to Miss Ida Elizabeth Noyer at Eldora, who survives him with the following six children: Mrs. Clyde Kitchen of Carroll, A. M. Acker of Wiota, LeRoy Acker of Massena, Clayton, Clifton and Clarence Acker of Atlantic.

He also leaves five brothers, C. M. and J. F. Acker of Atlantic, Ed Acker of Fontanelle, Charles Acker of Chicago and H. C. Acker of Los Angeles, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. A sister, Mrs. E. C. Harris died Nov. 26, 1932, a brother Harry Acker died the twelfth day of last February and three other brothers preceeded him in death.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kitchen and family attended the funeral at Atlantic yesterday.

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