Ethel Eileen (Powell) Ackelson (2006)
ACKELSON, HILLIS, KRUSE, POWELL
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 1/4/2007 at 10:04:32
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 3, 2007ETHYLE ACKELSON, Chariton
Ethyle Eileen Ackelson, 87, of Chariton died Dec. 26, 2006, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Funeral services were held on Friday, Dec. 29, at Collins Oak Park Chapel in Winterset with Brother Michael Anderson officiating. Burial was at the Peru Cemetery in Peru. Memorial contributions may be made to her family.
Ethyle was born on Sept. 12, 1919, in Madison County to Lester V. and Arta A. (Hillis) Powell. Her marriage to C. Wayne Ackelson took place on Feb. 25, 1952. She had been an elementary school teacher and a nurse's aide. Ethyle was a member of Bible Holiness Church in Chariton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a brother, Lyle Powell.
She is survived by her son, David Ackelson of Olathe, Kan.; her daughter, Becky Kruse of Chariton; one grandchild; four step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were handled by Collins Oak Park Chapel & Funeral Services in Winterset.
________________________Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published, first name on gravestone and Madison County Birth Record is "Ethel".
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