OBIT: Francis P. ACKERMAN, 1917, Midway, Adams County, PA

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Francis P. Ackerman, a well-known citizen of Midway, died last Friday, Aug. 24, 
after an illness of 2 weeks, from typhoid fever, aged 41 years, 5 months and 12 
days.  He was a son of William and Mary Groft Ackerman of Irishtown, and his 
entire life was spent in this county.  He was a member of Holy Trinity Roman 
Catholic Beneficial Association of McSherrystown, Immaculate Conception Roman 
Catholic Beneficial of New Oxford, Cigar Makers’ Union No. 316, McSherrystown.  
He was also a member of St. Vincent’s Catholic Church, Midway.  He had been 
employed at the C. E. Miller Cigar Factory for the past sixteen years.  Mr. 
Ackerman leaves his wife, who was Miss Gertrude Klunk, a daughter of the late 
Francis Klunk and wife, of Irishtown; three children Elizabeth, Robert, and 
Raymond, all at home; also his parents, of Irishtown; one sister, Mrs. Lewis 
Smith, of Mt. Misery, and two brothers, W. J. Ackerman of Irishtown, and Chas. 
Ackerman of Mt. Pleasant township.  Funeral was Tuesday, Aug. 28, high mass of 
requiem in St. Vincent’s Church by Rev. William Howard, interment in Conewago 
Chapel Cemetery.

Gettysburg Compiler – Saturday, September 1, 1917