Lancaster (PA) New Era, 30 Dec 1978.
"The Rev. Ariel H. Achtermann, 77, of 17 Edgehill Drive, a retired Army chaplain who once counseled the Nuremburg War Crime prisoners, died Friday morning at Lancaster General Hospital. Death was unexpected, but he had been under the care of a physician. He was the husband of Martha J. Olm Achtermann. He was a member of the Church of the Apostles, United Church of Christ, St. John's. Achtermann was ordained in Prospect, Ohio, and served several churches in that state before entering the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. As a career army man he served during World War II in assignments ranging from Korea to Alaska to Nuremburg, Germany, where he acted as chaplain to war prisoners on trial. He also acted as chaplain in Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Maryland. After receiving battle injuries in World War II, he was stationed in El Paso, Texas. When he retired from the chaplaincy, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, he became pastor of Bern United Church of Christ, near Reading, and served there for 14 years before retiring in 1973. He and his wife then moved to Lancaster, where he served interim pastorates at St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, Lancaster, and St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Manheim. Last May he marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a minister. One month later, he and his wife observed their 50th wedding anniversary. Achtermann was active in the Lancaster Retired Officers Organization. Born in Dundus, Ill., he was a son of the late Rev. Herman and Lydia Heyer Achtermann. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, A. James, at home, and the Rev. J. Robert, Millersville; four grandchildren; one brother, Mark, Ackley, Iowa; and four sisters, Miriam Fedkers, Aplington, Iowa; Naomi, wife of Loren Loupe, Ruth Broderson, both of Newton, Iowa; and Esther, wife of Wilbur Sharpe, Columbus, Neb."
"The Rev. Ariel H. Achtermann, 77, of 17 Edgehill Drive, a retired Army chaplain who once counseled the Nuremburg War Crime prisoners, died Friday morning at Lancaster General Hospital. Death was unexpected, but he had been under the care of a physician. He was the husband of Martha J. Olm Achtermann. He was a member of the Church of the Apostles, United Church of Christ, St. John's. Achtermann was ordained in Prospect, Ohio, and served several churches in that state before entering the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. As a career army man he served during World War II in assignments ranging from Korea to Alaska to Nuremburg, Germany, where he acted as chaplain to war prisoners on trial. He also acted as chaplain in Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Maryland. After receiving battle injuries in World War II, he was stationed in El Paso, Texas. When he retired from the chaplaincy, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, he became pastor of Bern United Church of Christ, near Reading, and served there for 14 years before retiring in 1973. He and his wife then moved to Lancaster, where he served interim pastorates at St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, Lancaster, and St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Manheim. Last May he marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a minister. One month later, he and his wife observed their 50th wedding anniversary. Achtermann was active in the Lancaster Retired Officers Organization. Born in Dundus, Ill., he was a son of the late Rev. Herman and Lydia Heyer Achtermann. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, A. James, at home, and the Rev. J. Robert, Millersville; four grandchildren; one brother, Mark, Ackley, Iowa; and four sisters, Miriam Fedkers, Aplington, Iowa; Naomi, wife of Loren Loupe, Ruth Broderson, both of Newton, Iowa; and Esther, wife of Wilbur Sharpe, Columbus, Neb."
Lancaster (PA) New Era, 30 Dec 1978.
"The Rev. Ariel H. Achtermann, 77, of 17 Edgehill Drive, a retired Army chaplain who once counseled the Nuremburg War Crime prisoners, died Friday morning at Lancaster General Hospital. Death was unexpected, but he had been under the care of a physician. He was the husband of Martha J. Olm Achtermann. He was a member of the Church of the Apostles, United Church of Christ, St. John's. Achtermann was ordained in Prospect, Ohio, and served several churches in that state before entering the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. As a career army man he served during World War II in assignments ranging from Korea to Alaska to Nuremburg, Germany, where he acted as chaplain to war prisoners on trial. He also acted as chaplain in Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Maryland. After receiving battle injuries in World War II, he was stationed in El Paso, Texas. When he retired from the chaplaincy, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, he became pastor of Bern United Church of Christ, near Reading, and served there for 14 years before retiring in 1973. He and his wife then moved to Lancaster, where he served interim pastorates at St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, Lancaster, and St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Manheim. Last May he marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a minister. One month later, he and his wife observed their 50th wedding anniversary. Achtermann was active in the Lancaster Retired Officers Organization. Born in Dundus, Ill., he was a son of the late Rev. Herman and Lydia Heyer Achtermann. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, A. James, at home, and the Rev. J. Robert, Millersville; four grandchildren; one brother, Mark, Ackley, Iowa; and four sisters, Miriam Fedkers, Aplington, Iowa; Naomi, wife of Loren Loupe, Ruth Broderson, both of Newton, Iowa; and Esther, wife of Wilbur Sharpe, Columbus, Neb."
"The Rev. Ariel H. Achtermann, 77, of 17 Edgehill Drive, a retired Army chaplain who once counseled the Nuremburg War Crime prisoners, died Friday morning at Lancaster General Hospital. Death was unexpected, but he had been under the care of a physician. He was the husband of Martha J. Olm Achtermann. He was a member of the Church of the Apostles, United Church of Christ, St. John's. Achtermann was ordained in Prospect, Ohio, and served several churches in that state before entering the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. As a career army man he served during World War II in assignments ranging from Korea to Alaska to Nuremburg, Germany, where he acted as chaplain to war prisoners on trial. He also acted as chaplain in Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Maryland. After receiving battle injuries in World War II, he was stationed in El Paso, Texas. When he retired from the chaplaincy, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, he became pastor of Bern United Church of Christ, near Reading, and served there for 14 years before retiring in 1973. He and his wife then moved to Lancaster, where he served interim pastorates at St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, Lancaster, and St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Manheim. Last May he marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a minister. One month later, he and his wife observed their 50th wedding anniversary. Achtermann was active in the Lancaster Retired Officers Organization. Born in Dundus, Ill., he was a son of the late Rev. Herman and Lydia Heyer Achtermann. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, A. James, at home, and the Rev. J. Robert, Millersville; four grandchildren; one brother, Mark, Ackley, Iowa; and four sisters, Miriam Fedkers, Aplington, Iowa; Naomi, wife of Loren Loupe, Ruth Broderson, both of Newton, Iowa; and Esther, wife of Wilbur Sharpe, Columbus, Neb."
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