AKERS, Ada Mabel Smith - 1926

AKERS, SMITH, ELLIOTT

Posted By: Colette Miles (email)
Date: 10/12/2014 at 09:53:02

(The Cherokee Chief - May 10, 1926 - Cherokee, Iowa)

Ada Mabel Smith was born in Afton
township, Cherokee county, on May 6,
1888, and died at the Sioux Valley
hospital -in Cherokee on her birthday,
May 6, 1926, at the age of
38 years, having lived her whole life
in Spring and Afton townships. The
deceased was the eldest daughter of
Lewis M. and Susie Smith. She became
the wife" of Webster Akers on
February 5,1913, to which union four
children have been born, whose name's
are as follows: Glen, Margaret, Melvin
and George. The passing of Mrs.
Akers was very unexpected, she having
been sick only a few hours, and
the end came supposedly by a stroke
of apoplexy. Her parents, and especially
her father are prostrate with the
terrible and untimely loss. Their grief
is shared by the husband, Webster
Akers, her four" children, her sister,
Mrs. Eva Elliott, of Cherokee, Fred
Smith, of Cherokee, and Ed Smith, of
Salem, Oregon, who could not be
present to mingle his tears of affection
with those bereft of a loved one.
Other relatives and friends of whom
Mrs. Akers had a great many, join in
the sorrow and loss which today is
theirs.
Ada Mabel Akers was a dutiful
daughter, a devout wife and mother,
whose ministry was unstinted and expended
for those whom she loved. Her
memory will be cherished by her children
and dear ones. Funeral services
were held at the Christian church on
Sunday at 2:30 p. m., Rev. B. H. Coonradt
officiating, and Rev. Osborn of
Larrabee assisting, and interment was
at the Afton cemetery. All available
seating capacity of the church was
taken to accommodate the immense
crowd attending.