Clarinda Herald Journal, Monday, April 26, 1954, p. 5
Jane Alderson Akers
Jane Ann Alderson, daughter of David and Frances Alderson, was born in Cook County, Illinois, June 7, 1874, and departed this life in the hospital at Maryville, Mo., March 19, 1954, at the age of 79 years, nine months and 12 days.
When she was just a babe her parents moved from Illinois and located in Taylor County, Iowa, near Sharpsburg, where she grew to womanhood and where on February 20, 1896 she was married to Hurbert Akers.
To this union were born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. The living children are: Mrs. Eva N Harris of Council Bluffs; Mrs Fern Dunkin of Gravity, Ivan Akers and Doyle Akers, both of Bedford.
Besides the four children and her aged companion, she leaves ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Dora Payne, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Fannie Keplinger, Council Bluffs; Mrs Ada Waller, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs Emma Mariette, Washington, D. C.; and Miss Minnie Alderson, Kansas City, Missouri.
Mrs. Akers spent her entire married life in Taylor County, living for a time near Sharpsburg, later in the Gravity community and for the last four years in Bedford. Her health became such that a couple of months ago she was taken to the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunkin of near Gravity in the Oak Hill community.
She confessed Christ as her Saviour years ago and became a member of the Methodist church in Sharpsburg, later transferring to the Gravity Methodist church, where she remained a member until her death.
Funeral services were conducted at the Wetmore Funeral home in Bedford at 2 p m Monday, March 22, 1954, with Rev Robert M Peters of the Bedford Methodist church officiating. The singers were Garland and Shirley Prather, accompanied on the piano by Mrs Mildred Stacy. Casket bearers were: Lester Akers, L D Akers, Harvey French, Dean Posten, Merle Akers and Lester McKay. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
Jane Alderson Akers
Jane Ann Alderson, daughter of David and Frances Alderson, was born in Cook County, Illinois, June 7, 1874, and departed this life in the hospital at Maryville, Mo., March 19, 1954, at the age of 79 years, nine months and 12 days.
When she was just a babe her parents moved from Illinois and located in Taylor County, Iowa, near Sharpsburg, where she grew to womanhood and where on February 20, 1896 she was married to Hurbert Akers.
To this union were born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. The living children are: Mrs. Eva N Harris of Council Bluffs; Mrs Fern Dunkin of Gravity, Ivan Akers and Doyle Akers, both of Bedford.
Besides the four children and her aged companion, she leaves ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Dora Payne, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Fannie Keplinger, Council Bluffs; Mrs Ada Waller, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs Emma Mariette, Washington, D. C.; and Miss Minnie Alderson, Kansas City, Missouri.
Mrs. Akers spent her entire married life in Taylor County, living for a time near Sharpsburg, later in the Gravity community and for the last four years in Bedford. Her health became such that a couple of months ago she was taken to the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunkin of near Gravity in the Oak Hill community.
She confessed Christ as her Saviour years ago and became a member of the Methodist church in Sharpsburg, later transferring to the Gravity Methodist church, where she remained a member until her death.
Funeral services were conducted at the Wetmore Funeral home in Bedford at 2 p m Monday, March 22, 1954, with Rev Robert M Peters of the Bedford Methodist church officiating. The singers were Garland and Shirley Prather, accompanied on the piano by Mrs Mildred Stacy. Casket bearers were: Lester Akers, L D Akers, Harvey French, Dean Posten, Merle Akers and Lester McKay. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
Clarinda Herald Journal, Monday, April 26, 1954, p. 5
Jane Alderson Akers
Jane Ann Alderson, daughter of David and Frances Alderson, was born in Cook County, Illinois, June 7, 1874, and departed this life in the hospital at Maryville, Mo., March 19, 1954, at the age of 79 years, nine months and 12 days.
When she was just a babe her parents moved from Illinois and located in Taylor County, Iowa, near Sharpsburg, where she grew to womanhood and where on February 20, 1896 she was married to Hurbert Akers.
To this union were born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. The living children are: Mrs. Eva N Harris of Council Bluffs; Mrs Fern Dunkin of Gravity, Ivan Akers and Doyle Akers, both of Bedford.
Besides the four children and her aged companion, she leaves ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Dora Payne, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Fannie Keplinger, Council Bluffs; Mrs Ada Waller, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs Emma Mariette, Washington, D. C.; and Miss Minnie Alderson, Kansas City, Missouri.
Mrs. Akers spent her entire married life in Taylor County, living for a time near Sharpsburg, later in the Gravity community and for the last four years in Bedford. Her health became such that a couple of months ago she was taken to the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunkin of near Gravity in the Oak Hill community.
She confessed Christ as her Saviour years ago and became a member of the Methodist church in Sharpsburg, later transferring to the Gravity Methodist church, where she remained a member until her death.
Funeral services were conducted at the Wetmore Funeral home in Bedford at 2 p m Monday, March 22, 1954, with Rev Robert M Peters of the Bedford Methodist church officiating. The singers were Garland and Shirley Prather, accompanied on the piano by Mrs Mildred Stacy. Casket bearers were: Lester Akers, L D Akers, Harvey French, Dean Posten, Merle Akers and Lester McKay. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
Jane Alderson Akers
Jane Ann Alderson, daughter of David and Frances Alderson, was born in Cook County, Illinois, June 7, 1874, and departed this life in the hospital at Maryville, Mo., March 19, 1954, at the age of 79 years, nine months and 12 days.
When she was just a babe her parents moved from Illinois and located in Taylor County, Iowa, near Sharpsburg, where she grew to womanhood and where on February 20, 1896 she was married to Hurbert Akers.
To this union were born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. The living children are: Mrs. Eva N Harris of Council Bluffs; Mrs Fern Dunkin of Gravity, Ivan Akers and Doyle Akers, both of Bedford.
Besides the four children and her aged companion, she leaves ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Dora Payne, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Fannie Keplinger, Council Bluffs; Mrs Ada Waller, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs Emma Mariette, Washington, D. C.; and Miss Minnie Alderson, Kansas City, Missouri.
Mrs. Akers spent her entire married life in Taylor County, living for a time near Sharpsburg, later in the Gravity community and for the last four years in Bedford. Her health became such that a couple of months ago she was taken to the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunkin of near Gravity in the Oak Hill community.
She confessed Christ as her Saviour years ago and became a member of the Methodist church in Sharpsburg, later transferring to the Gravity Methodist church, where she remained a member until her death.
Funeral services were conducted at the Wetmore Funeral home in Bedford at 2 p m Monday, March 22, 1954, with Rev Robert M Peters of the Bedford Methodist church officiating. The singers were Garland and Shirley Prather, accompanied on the piano by Mrs Mildred Stacy. Casket bearers were: Lester Akers, L D Akers, Harvey French, Dean Posten, Merle Akers and Lester McKay. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
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