Thursday June 6, 1968
Chester Akers Died Sunday
Chester Akers, 82, died at the hospital in Leon, Sunday morning. He had been in a nursing home there for some time.
Mr. Akers formerly farmed near Gravity but in recent years has lived on acreage in the south part of Lenox. Mrs. Akers [Eva May Kirby] died about two years ago.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin of Leon, Melvin of Benton and Harold of Gravity, two daughters, Arlene of Clarinda and Mildred Hammill of California. Lawrence Kirby of Lenox is a brother-in-law.
Funeral services were conducted at the Shum funeral home in Bedford at 2 p. m. Wednesday with burial at Gravity.
Thursday June 6, 1968
Chester Akers Died Sunday
Chester Akers, 82, died at the hospital in Leon, Sunday morning. He had been in a nursing home there for some time.
Mr. Akers formerly farmed near Gravity but in recent years has lived on acreage in the south part of Lenox. Mrs. Akers [Eva May Kirby] died about two years ago.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin of Leon, Melvin of Benton and Harold of Gravity, two daughters, Arlene of Clarinda and Mildred Hammill of California. Lawrence Kirby of Lenox is a brother-in-law.
Funeral services were conducted at the Shum funeral home in Bedford at 2 p. m. Wednesday with burial at Gravity.
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