Obituary: Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Bison American Lutheran Church for B.L. Aaker, 65, who died Wednesday evening. Pastors Stephen and Cynthia Ganzkow-Wold will officiate and burial will be in the Bison Cemetery under direction of Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home. Aaker was born July 27, 1913, in Bison to Ole and Ella Aaker. He grew up on the homestead southwest of Bison and attended Bison schools. He worked for a trucking firm and a construction company until moving to San Diego, Calif., working for an aircraft factory. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he returned to the family farm and worked there until moving into Bison in 1977. He married Marguerite Hibner Aaker Sept. 7, 1958, in Pierre. Survivors include his wife; a son, Gary of Bison; a daughter, Mrs. Gordon Hill of Morris, Minn.; two brothers, Floyd and Adolf of Bison, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Published: Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota. Friday, 1 Dec 1978. Page: 10
Published: Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota. Friday, 1 Dec 1978. Page: 10
Obituary: Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Bison American Lutheran Church for B.L. Aaker, 65, who died Wednesday evening. Pastors Stephen and Cynthia Ganzkow-Wold will officiate and burial will be in the Bison Cemetery under direction of Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home. Aaker was born July 27, 1913, in Bison to Ole and Ella Aaker. He grew up on the homestead southwest of Bison and attended Bison schools. He worked for a trucking firm and a construction company until moving to San Diego, Calif., working for an aircraft factory. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he returned to the family farm and worked there until moving into Bison in 1977. He married Marguerite Hibner Aaker Sept. 7, 1958, in Pierre. Survivors include his wife; a son, Gary of Bison; a daughter, Mrs. Gordon Hill of Morris, Minn.; two brothers, Floyd and Adolf of Bison, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Published: Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota. Friday, 1 Dec 1978. Page: 10
Published: Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota. Friday, 1 Dec 1978. Page: 10
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