OBIT: Laura E. (GOOD) ACKER, 1974, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ LAURA ELLA ACKER Formerly of 1718 11th St., died at 3:55 p.m. yesterday, Jan. 2, 1974, at Valley View Home, where she had resided for the past six years, after an extended illness. She was born March 24, 1891, in Hollidaysburg, a daughter of William A. and Lavina (Blackburn) Good, and married Elmer E. Acker, who died Sept. 18, 1942. Surviving are five sons, D. Ellsworth of Baltimore, Md., William I,; Melvin M. and Elmer E. Jr. of Altoona, and Raymond M. of Tampa, Fla.; 17 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Acker was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Patriotic Order of Americans, Pride of Altoona, Daughters of America. Friends will be received in the Carn Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Altoona Mirror, January 3, 1974 Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 89, p. 2 (1974)