Claude D. Acheson, 71, of West Lafayette, died at 11:37 PM Wednesday, June 8, 1988, in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized two weeks. Born Sept. 27, 1915, in Tippecanoe County, he was the son of Floyd S. Acheson and Gladys M. Maitlen Acheson. He was married May 23, 1938, to Elnora Klaiber, who survives.
Mr. Acheson, a lifelong resident of Tippecanoe County, was a 1935 graduate of Klondike High School. He was a foreman in the Alcoa Extrusion Department for 35 years, retiring in 1975. He had also served as Tippecanoe Township trustee from 1963 until 1966. He was a member of Battle Ground United Methodist Church, Battle Ground Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Murat Shrine, and Tippecanoe Shrine Club. He was also a member and former officer of Pleasant Grove Grange, was a former overseer of the Tippecanoe Pomona Grange, and was a former deputy and steward of the Indiana State Grange. He was also a member of Tippecanoe County Farm Bureau.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Claudia (Mrs. Craig) Lance of Williamston, MI, and Patti (Mrs. Dennis) Frist of West Lafayette; a son, Col. Densel Acheson of Omaha, NE; a brother, George Acheson of Lafayette; and ten grandchildren. A brother, Gerald Acheson; and a grandson, Kurt David Kerber, preceded him in death.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Fri 6/10/1988, page 12
Mr. Acheson, a lifelong resident of Tippecanoe County, was a 1935 graduate of Klondike High School. He was a foreman in the Alcoa Extrusion Department for 35 years, retiring in 1975. He had also served as Tippecanoe Township trustee from 1963 until 1966. He was a member of Battle Ground United Methodist Church, Battle Ground Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Murat Shrine, and Tippecanoe Shrine Club. He was also a member and former officer of Pleasant Grove Grange, was a former overseer of the Tippecanoe Pomona Grange, and was a former deputy and steward of the Indiana State Grange. He was also a member of Tippecanoe County Farm Bureau.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Claudia (Mrs. Craig) Lance of Williamston, MI, and Patti (Mrs. Dennis) Frist of West Lafayette; a son, Col. Densel Acheson of Omaha, NE; a brother, George Acheson of Lafayette; and ten grandchildren. A brother, Gerald Acheson; and a grandson, Kurt David Kerber, preceded him in death.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Fri 6/10/1988, page 12
Claude D. Acheson, 71, of West Lafayette, died at 11:37 PM Wednesday, June 8, 1988, in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized two weeks. Born Sept. 27, 1915, in Tippecanoe County, he was the son of Floyd S. Acheson and Gladys M. Maitlen Acheson. He was married May 23, 1938, to Elnora Klaiber, who survives.
Mr. Acheson, a lifelong resident of Tippecanoe County, was a 1935 graduate of Klondike High School. He was a foreman in the Alcoa Extrusion Department for 35 years, retiring in 1975. He had also served as Tippecanoe Township trustee from 1963 until 1966. He was a member of Battle Ground United Methodist Church, Battle Ground Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Murat Shrine, and Tippecanoe Shrine Club. He was also a member and former officer of Pleasant Grove Grange, was a former overseer of the Tippecanoe Pomona Grange, and was a former deputy and steward of the Indiana State Grange. He was also a member of Tippecanoe County Farm Bureau.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Claudia (Mrs. Craig) Lance of Williamston, MI, and Patti (Mrs. Dennis) Frist of West Lafayette; a son, Col. Densel Acheson of Omaha, NE; a brother, George Acheson of Lafayette; and ten grandchildren. A brother, Gerald Acheson; and a grandson, Kurt David Kerber, preceded him in death.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Fri 6/10/1988, page 12
Mr. Acheson, a lifelong resident of Tippecanoe County, was a 1935 graduate of Klondike High School. He was a foreman in the Alcoa Extrusion Department for 35 years, retiring in 1975. He had also served as Tippecanoe Township trustee from 1963 until 1966. He was a member of Battle Ground United Methodist Church, Battle Ground Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Murat Shrine, and Tippecanoe Shrine Club. He was also a member and former officer of Pleasant Grove Grange, was a former overseer of the Tippecanoe Pomona Grange, and was a former deputy and steward of the Indiana State Grange. He was also a member of Tippecanoe County Farm Bureau.
Surviving with his wife are two daughters, Claudia (Mrs. Craig) Lance of Williamston, MI, and Patti (Mrs. Dennis) Frist of West Lafayette; a son, Col. Densel Acheson of Omaha, NE; a brother, George Acheson of Lafayette; and ten grandchildren. A brother, Gerald Acheson; and a grandson, Kurt David Kerber, preceded him in death.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Fri 6/10/1988, page 12
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