DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Sheryl Juarez 785-862-6689 (Grand-Daughter)
1. Full Name: Helen June Ackerman Age: 91 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , February 10, 2003
4 Place of death: at her residence
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: September 25, 1911 Place of birth: Sheridan, WY
6.b. Parents: George William Beezley Ruey May Chandler Beezley
6.c. Years in current city/town: Since 1994
7. Background: She grew up in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, and in 1930 she graduated from Stapleton High
School in Stapleton, NE. She then attended Kearney State Teachers College. She was employed at the Good
Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE. for 8 years. She then worked as a supervisor cook at the youth center in
Kearney NE from 1962 to 1973 from where she retired. She was married to Theodore Pierce from 1932 to 1960.
He preceded her in death in 1960. She then married Ervin Ackerman in 1965 and her preceded her in death in
1984. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Kearney NE. She was a lifetime member of the Rebekah
Lodge #12 of Kearney, NE.
8. Relatives:
8.b. preceded in death by:2 daughters: Adrina Stuchlik of Campbell, NE in 1985; and Imo Jeanne
Pagel of California in 1991; 1 Grandson: Barry Ray Dye of Colorado.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
1 Step-son: Lee Ackerman of Omaha, NE; 11 Grandchildren; 38 Great-grandchildren; 11 Great-
great-grandchildren.
9. Service time, day, date, place: Graveside committal services will follow the Rebekah Service at the
Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, NE.
10. Burial: Kearney Cemetery Kearney, NE
11. Visitation times, place: Friday, Feb. 14, 2003 from 9:00 to 11:00 am at the O'Brien/Straatmann/Apfel
Funeral Home in Kearney, NE. Rebekah Services will be held at 11:00am. .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: The First Lutheran Church, Kearney, NE.
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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Director: Sue Brueggemann