Gene H. Akes, 75, Lake Placid and Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Xenia, auto mechanic, died Friday (March 24, 2000). Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, with military rites. [Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - March 28, 2000]
Gene was born July 17, 1924 in Xenia, IL, son of Bert Akes and Clela Westcott. He was a WWII Army veteran. He married Nova Powless on October 14, 1946 in Morganfield, Kentucky.
Survived by wife, Nova, Lake Placid, FL; a son & daughter-in-law, Robert Akes and wife Pat, Friendswood, TX; a daughter & son-in-law, Sharon Caves and husband, Gene, Lake Placid, FL, several nieces & nephews also survive, 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Services will be Thursday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, IL, with Pastor Bruce Horsely, officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, IL with military rites. Visitation 6-8 pm Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Memorials to Life Path Hospice, Lake Placid, FL. [Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - March 28, 2000]
Gene was born July 17, 1924 in Xenia, IL, son of Bert Akes and Clela Westcott. He was a WWII Army veteran. He married Nova Powless on October 14, 1946 in Morganfield, Kentucky.
Survived by wife, Nova, Lake Placid, FL; a son & daughter-in-law, Robert Akes and wife Pat, Friendswood, TX; a daughter & son-in-law, Sharon Caves and husband, Gene, Lake Placid, FL, several nieces & nephews also survive, 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Services will be Thursday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, IL, with Pastor Bruce Horsely, officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, IL with military rites. Visitation 6-8 pm Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Memorials to Life Path Hospice, Lake Placid, FL. [Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - March 28, 2000]
Gene H. Akes, 75, Lake Placid and Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Xenia, auto mechanic, died Friday (March 24, 2000). Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, with military rites. [Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - March 28, 2000]
Gene was born July 17, 1924 in Xenia, IL, son of Bert Akes and Clela Westcott. He was a WWII Army veteran. He married Nova Powless on October 14, 1946 in Morganfield, Kentucky.
Survived by wife, Nova, Lake Placid, FL; a son & daughter-in-law, Robert Akes and wife Pat, Friendswood, TX; a daughter & son-in-law, Sharon Caves and husband, Gene, Lake Placid, FL, several nieces & nephews also survive, 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Services will be Thursday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, IL, with Pastor Bruce Horsely, officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, IL with military rites. Visitation 6-8 pm Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Memorials to Life Path Hospice, Lake Placid, FL. [Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - March 28, 2000]
Gene was born July 17, 1924 in Xenia, IL, son of Bert Akes and Clela Westcott. He was a WWII Army veteran. He married Nova Powless on October 14, 1946 in Morganfield, Kentucky.
Survived by wife, Nova, Lake Placid, FL; a son & daughter-in-law, Robert Akes and wife Pat, Friendswood, TX; a daughter & son-in-law, Sharon Caves and husband, Gene, Lake Placid, FL, several nieces & nephews also survive, 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Services will be Thursday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, IL, with Pastor Bruce Horsely, officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, IL with military rites. Visitation 6-8 pm Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Memorials to Life Path Hospice, Lake Placid, FL. [Palm Beach Post, The (FL) - March 28, 2000]
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