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© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma July 1989 March 13, 1915 ~ June 28, 1989 The funeral for Russell Franklin Acker, 74, 725 N. 8th who died Friday at Bass Baptist Hospital after a period of ill health, will be at 10 AM Monday at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. The Rev Bill Davis of Bethany United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. He was born March 13, 1915, in Davenport, Iowa, and was educated in Chicago, Illinois, where he lived until 1933. He spent 15 years in the theater business, including one year in Covington. In 1935 he started working in Enid for the theaters. He also worked for Enid Publishing Company as editorial cartoonist. He studied photography at Southern Methodist University in Texas and at a college in Branson, Missouri. In 1950, he began his own photography studio which he operated for 35 years. He was a past member of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of LECA, a Lionel Train Collectors organization. On June 1, 1941, he married Allys Cromwell in Enid. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Susan K. Miller of Evanston, Wyoming; one sister, Virginia Shield of New York; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Garfield County Hospice. |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma November 2005 February 16, 1922 ~ November 25, 2005 Allys Mae Acker, 83, of Enid, died Friday, November 25, 2005, in the United Methodist Home following an extended illness. She was born February 16, 1922, in Stuttgard, Arkansas, to Clyde and Mary Cromwell and has lived in Enid most of her life. She attended the Enid school system and graduated from Enid High School. Allys married Russell Acker June 1, 1941. He preceded her in death July 28, 1989. She worked with her husband in the Russell Acker Photography Studio. She was a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church and was in the Bible Study Group at the church. She was an active member in the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW, was with the Animal Rescue Organization, and was an avid cook. She is survived by a daughter, Susan Miller, Evanston, Wyoming; two granddaughters, Kyndra Rotunda, Arlington, Virginia and Jerry Fox, Salt Lake City, Utah; a great granddaughter, Brook Fox, Salt Lake City, Utah; a brother, Vernon Cromwell and his wife, Virginia, Wichita, Kansas; a sister-in-law, Gina Shield, New York; and special friend Sharon Wedel Oxford, Enid. Graveside services will be 2 PM Monday, November 28, 2005, in the Garden Chapel of Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. The casket will be open at the funeral home until 11:45 AM Monday. Condolences may be sent to the family at ladusau-evans.net |
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