OBIT: Paul H. ACKERMAN Jr., 1974, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ PAUL H ACKERMAN JR Paul H. Ackerman Jr., 34, of 1104 Clarendon Ave., SW, Canton Ohio, died Sept. 19, 1974, in the VA Hospital in Cleveland. Born in Meyersdale, he was a son of Paul and Nellie Ackerman Sr. He spent his early life in Canton, attending elementary schools there, and returning to Meyersdale, where he graduated from high school in the class of 1959. While here he was active in sports and continued his interest by coaching the Saints Midget Football Team and the Perry Northern Light in the baseball league, upon his return to Canton. Illness forced him to retire from the Ecko Products Company in November 1973, where he was a die setter. He was a member of Bethel Temple Assemblies of God Church and was a vetern of the Vietnam Crisis, where he served in the US Air Force. Survivors include his parents of Canton; his wife, Linda Kay Ackerman; a daughter, Sandra Kay Ackerman and a son, Paul Henry Ackerman III, both at home, a sister, Sandra Ackerman, Canton; and grandfather, Harry Ackerman, Meyersdale. The Meyersdale Republican Sept. 26, 1974 [A0031]