Son of George & Ida Tegmier Ackerman
Veteran of World War 2
WAVERLY - Clarence Ackerman, 84, of Waverly, died Thursday, June 14, at Waverly Health Center.
He was born January 2, 1923 in Waterloo, son of George and Ida Tegmier Ackerman. He married Beradine Ackerman on February 7, 1942 in Waterloo. She died May 7, 1995.
Mr. Ackerman entered the U.S. Army on Feb. 8, 1943. On May 11, 1944 he was shipped to New Guinea as a rifleman and truck driver. On July 19, 1944, he was severely wounded by a Japanese hand grenade in his fox hole. His surviving fellow rifleman shot the enemy before Clarence could be killed. When well enough, he was shipped to a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discharged on Oct. 2, 1945.
He was employed with the Rath Packing Co., Capital Tobacco, and was warehouse foreman at Joens Wholesale until his retirement.
Survivors include a son, Richard (Kathy); three daughters, Jane Ann Stoneburner, Janet (Wendell) Huffman, and Mary Ann McCambridge ; 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; his long time companion and best friend, Myrtle Moeller of Waverly; and three sisters, Berdina Niemeyer and Gladys DeLong, both of Dunkerton and Esther Hall of Independence.
Preceded in death by his wife, Bernadine; two grandchildren, Tracy Huffman and Marshall Swanson; his parents; and three brothers, Chester, Lester and Dexter.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, both in Waterloo, where full military rites will be conducted by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Public visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and for an hour before services on Monday.
Contributor: Judee - [email protected]
Veteran of World War 2
WAVERLY - Clarence Ackerman, 84, of Waverly, died Thursday, June 14, at Waverly Health Center.
He was born January 2, 1923 in Waterloo, son of George and Ida Tegmier Ackerman. He married Beradine Ackerman on February 7, 1942 in Waterloo. She died May 7, 1995.
Mr. Ackerman entered the U.S. Army on Feb. 8, 1943. On May 11, 1944 he was shipped to New Guinea as a rifleman and truck driver. On July 19, 1944, he was severely wounded by a Japanese hand grenade in his fox hole. His surviving fellow rifleman shot the enemy before Clarence could be killed. When well enough, he was shipped to a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discharged on Oct. 2, 1945.
He was employed with the Rath Packing Co., Capital Tobacco, and was warehouse foreman at Joens Wholesale until his retirement.
Survivors include a son, Richard (Kathy); three daughters, Jane Ann Stoneburner, Janet (Wendell) Huffman, and Mary Ann McCambridge ; 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; his long time companion and best friend, Myrtle Moeller of Waverly; and three sisters, Berdina Niemeyer and Gladys DeLong, both of Dunkerton and Esther Hall of Independence.
Preceded in death by his wife, Bernadine; two grandchildren, Tracy Huffman and Marshall Swanson; his parents; and three brothers, Chester, Lester and Dexter.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, both in Waterloo, where full military rites will be conducted by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Public visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and for an hour before services on Monday.
Contributor: Judee - [email protected]
Son of George & Ida Tegmier Ackerman
Veteran of World War 2
WAVERLY - Clarence Ackerman, 84, of Waverly, died Thursday, June 14, at Waverly Health Center.
He was born January 2, 1923 in Waterloo, son of George and Ida Tegmier Ackerman. He married Beradine Ackerman on February 7, 1942 in Waterloo. She died May 7, 1995.
Mr. Ackerman entered the U.S. Army on Feb. 8, 1943. On May 11, 1944 he was shipped to New Guinea as a rifleman and truck driver. On July 19, 1944, he was severely wounded by a Japanese hand grenade in his fox hole. His surviving fellow rifleman shot the enemy before Clarence could be killed. When well enough, he was shipped to a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discharged on Oct. 2, 1945.
He was employed with the Rath Packing Co., Capital Tobacco, and was warehouse foreman at Joens Wholesale until his retirement.
Survivors include a son, Richard (Kathy); three daughters, Jane Ann Stoneburner, Janet (Wendell) Huffman, and Mary Ann McCambridge ; 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; his long time companion and best friend, Myrtle Moeller of Waverly; and three sisters, Berdina Niemeyer and Gladys DeLong, both of Dunkerton and Esther Hall of Independence.
Preceded in death by his wife, Bernadine; two grandchildren, Tracy Huffman and Marshall Swanson; his parents; and three brothers, Chester, Lester and Dexter.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, both in Waterloo, where full military rites will be conducted by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Public visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and for an hour before services on Monday.
Contributor: Judee - [email protected]
Veteran of World War 2
WAVERLY - Clarence Ackerman, 84, of Waverly, died Thursday, June 14, at Waverly Health Center.
He was born January 2, 1923 in Waterloo, son of George and Ida Tegmier Ackerman. He married Beradine Ackerman on February 7, 1942 in Waterloo. She died May 7, 1995.
Mr. Ackerman entered the U.S. Army on Feb. 8, 1943. On May 11, 1944 he was shipped to New Guinea as a rifleman and truck driver. On July 19, 1944, he was severely wounded by a Japanese hand grenade in his fox hole. His surviving fellow rifleman shot the enemy before Clarence could be killed. When well enough, he was shipped to a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discharged on Oct. 2, 1945.
He was employed with the Rath Packing Co., Capital Tobacco, and was warehouse foreman at Joens Wholesale until his retirement.
Survivors include a son, Richard (Kathy); three daughters, Jane Ann Stoneburner, Janet (Wendell) Huffman, and Mary Ann McCambridge ; 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; his long time companion and best friend, Myrtle Moeller of Waverly; and three sisters, Berdina Niemeyer and Gladys DeLong, both of Dunkerton and Esther Hall of Independence.
Preceded in death by his wife, Bernadine; two grandchildren, Tracy Huffman and Marshall Swanson; his parents; and three brothers, Chester, Lester and Dexter.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, both in Waterloo, where full military rites will be conducted by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Public visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and for an hour before services on Monday.
Contributor: Judee - [email protected]
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