----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 06/ /1955

Acker, Walter Henry (1886 - 1955)

GREENWOOD, CLARK COUNTY--Walter Henry Acker, 69, route 3, died of a heart attack about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, June 22, 1955, while sitting in an automobile in front of Memorial Hospital at Neillsville, where he had been visiting a patient.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Stabnow Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Koch, pastor of Zion and West Side Evangelical Churches, officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Acker was born March 11, 1886, near Milwaukee, where he received his education before coming here at the age of 16. He purchased 80 acres of uncleared land in the Town of Beaver and established a farm where he resided until his death.

He served on the La Tart School District board and during his earlier years was active in baseball.

On Feb. 26, 1916, in the Town of Warner, he married Alice Richelieu, who survives him.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. A.G. (Gretchen) Hokenson, San Diego, Calif. a son, Donald, Los Angeles three brothers, Kurt of Olympia, Wash. Paul of Greenwood, and Edward of Chicago one sister, Mrs. Mark (Gertrude) Smith, Greenwood, and a grandchild.

Several brothers and sisters preceded him in death.