Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ackerman, Katherine G. (Gauss) (Keister) 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net May 25, 2011, 1:03 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 21 Jan 1983 Katherine G. Ackerman, 76, of Ludington, Mich., and Florida, a former Ionian, died in the Medical Center, Largo, Fla., Thursday afternoon. Born Oct. 12, 1906, in Palo, she was the daughter of Fred and Kitty Gauss. She attended Palo schools and was married to Fred D. Keister Jr. in 1925. She assisted him in the operation of the Ionia County News, of which he was publisher, until his death in June 1958. She was married to Donald Ackerman, former Ionia County Road Commission superintendent, in 1959. They made their home in Ionia until his retirement and then began dividing the year between Florida and Ludington. She is survived by her husband; one son, Fred D. Keister III, of Jackson; five grandchildren, Mrs. Mark (Katherine R.) Davison of East Grand Rapids; Fred Keister IV of Portage; Lawrence B. Keister of Oak Park; Christopher B. Keister of Traverse City and Jeffrey D. Keister, a student at Michigan State University; and five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Thursday evening. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/ackerman12388nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb