Wife of Darrell R. Akers
married Sept. 25, 1930
parents of Roland, Phyllis, Wylene, Loris Karen, Dwylah Jean, Patricia, Corwan, Dennis & Donna Rae
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, January 2, 1986, p. 4
Last rites held for Atha Akers
Services for Atha Uvon Akers, 73, were held December 21 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Loren Daley. Interment was at Washington Cemetery in Gravity, Ia. Mrs. Akers died Dec. 18, 1985 at Municipal Hospital in Clarinda, Ia.
Atha Uvon Akers was born on August 21, 1912 at New Market, Iowa. She was the daughter of Irvin S. and Carrie Raynor Cunning.
Atha grew to maturity in the New Market vicinity. She was united in marriage to Darrell Akers in September, 1930. They shared their lives on a farm near Gravity, Iowa until illness forced them to move to Clarinda, Iowa where they lived in their new home for a short time and then moved into the Bethesda Care Center.
Atha was a long time member of the Gravity Christian Church.
Those left to cherish her memory include seven children---Mrs. Bob Barker (Wylene) of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Lewis McColm (Dwylah) of Ludlow, Mo.; Corwan and his wife Virginia of Nevada, Mo.; Mrs. Bill Burns (Donna) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Melvin Withington (Loris Karen) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Eddie Johnson (Patricia) of Red Oak, Iowa; and Dennis and his wife Kathy of Clarinda, Iowa. Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Cunning of Hopkins, Minnesota and Ivan Cunning of St. Joseph, Mo.; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Darrell, a son Roland, a daughter Phyllis, twin great grandsons, David and Dereck Underwood; one brother, Melvin Cunning; and a sister, Mildred Houston.
Other relatives and friends will also miss her. Atha will be remembered by her love for cooking and caring for flowers.
married Sept. 25, 1930
parents of Roland, Phyllis, Wylene, Loris Karen, Dwylah Jean, Patricia, Corwan, Dennis & Donna Rae
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, January 2, 1986, p. 4
Last rites held for Atha Akers
Services for Atha Uvon Akers, 73, were held December 21 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Loren Daley. Interment was at Washington Cemetery in Gravity, Ia. Mrs. Akers died Dec. 18, 1985 at Municipal Hospital in Clarinda, Ia.
Atha Uvon Akers was born on August 21, 1912 at New Market, Iowa. She was the daughter of Irvin S. and Carrie Raynor Cunning.
Atha grew to maturity in the New Market vicinity. She was united in marriage to Darrell Akers in September, 1930. They shared their lives on a farm near Gravity, Iowa until illness forced them to move to Clarinda, Iowa where they lived in their new home for a short time and then moved into the Bethesda Care Center.
Atha was a long time member of the Gravity Christian Church.
Those left to cherish her memory include seven children---Mrs. Bob Barker (Wylene) of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Lewis McColm (Dwylah) of Ludlow, Mo.; Corwan and his wife Virginia of Nevada, Mo.; Mrs. Bill Burns (Donna) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Melvin Withington (Loris Karen) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Eddie Johnson (Patricia) of Red Oak, Iowa; and Dennis and his wife Kathy of Clarinda, Iowa. Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Cunning of Hopkins, Minnesota and Ivan Cunning of St. Joseph, Mo.; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Darrell, a son Roland, a daughter Phyllis, twin great grandsons, David and Dereck Underwood; one brother, Melvin Cunning; and a sister, Mildred Houston.
Other relatives and friends will also miss her. Atha will be remembered by her love for cooking and caring for flowers.
Wife of Darrell R. Akers
married Sept. 25, 1930
parents of Roland, Phyllis, Wylene, Loris Karen, Dwylah Jean, Patricia, Corwan, Dennis & Donna Rae
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, January 2, 1986, p. 4
Last rites held for Atha Akers
Services for Atha Uvon Akers, 73, were held December 21 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Loren Daley. Interment was at Washington Cemetery in Gravity, Ia. Mrs. Akers died Dec. 18, 1985 at Municipal Hospital in Clarinda, Ia.
Atha Uvon Akers was born on August 21, 1912 at New Market, Iowa. She was the daughter of Irvin S. and Carrie Raynor Cunning.
Atha grew to maturity in the New Market vicinity. She was united in marriage to Darrell Akers in September, 1930. They shared their lives on a farm near Gravity, Iowa until illness forced them to move to Clarinda, Iowa where they lived in their new home for a short time and then moved into the Bethesda Care Center.
Atha was a long time member of the Gravity Christian Church.
Those left to cherish her memory include seven children---Mrs. Bob Barker (Wylene) of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Lewis McColm (Dwylah) of Ludlow, Mo.; Corwan and his wife Virginia of Nevada, Mo.; Mrs. Bill Burns (Donna) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Melvin Withington (Loris Karen) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Eddie Johnson (Patricia) of Red Oak, Iowa; and Dennis and his wife Kathy of Clarinda, Iowa. Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Cunning of Hopkins, Minnesota and Ivan Cunning of St. Joseph, Mo.; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Darrell, a son Roland, a daughter Phyllis, twin great grandsons, David and Dereck Underwood; one brother, Melvin Cunning; and a sister, Mildred Houston.
Other relatives and friends will also miss her. Atha will be remembered by her love for cooking and caring for flowers.
married Sept. 25, 1930
parents of Roland, Phyllis, Wylene, Loris Karen, Dwylah Jean, Patricia, Corwan, Dennis & Donna Rae
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, January 2, 1986, p. 4
Last rites held for Atha Akers
Services for Atha Uvon Akers, 73, were held December 21 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Loren Daley. Interment was at Washington Cemetery in Gravity, Ia. Mrs. Akers died Dec. 18, 1985 at Municipal Hospital in Clarinda, Ia.
Atha Uvon Akers was born on August 21, 1912 at New Market, Iowa. She was the daughter of Irvin S. and Carrie Raynor Cunning.
Atha grew to maturity in the New Market vicinity. She was united in marriage to Darrell Akers in September, 1930. They shared their lives on a farm near Gravity, Iowa until illness forced them to move to Clarinda, Iowa where they lived in their new home for a short time and then moved into the Bethesda Care Center.
Atha was a long time member of the Gravity Christian Church.
Those left to cherish her memory include seven children---Mrs. Bob Barker (Wylene) of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Lewis McColm (Dwylah) of Ludlow, Mo.; Corwan and his wife Virginia of Nevada, Mo.; Mrs. Bill Burns (Donna) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Melvin Withington (Loris Karen) of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Eddie Johnson (Patricia) of Red Oak, Iowa; and Dennis and his wife Kathy of Clarinda, Iowa. Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Cunning of Hopkins, Minnesota and Ivan Cunning of St. Joseph, Mo.; 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Darrell, a son Roland, a daughter Phyllis, twin great grandsons, David and Dereck Underwood; one brother, Melvin Cunning; and a sister, Mildred Houston.
Other relatives and friends will also miss her. Atha will be remembered by her love for cooking and caring for flowers.
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