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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 01378
Title: Esther Ackerman
Date: 1930 - 2007
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 4/23/1930
Summary: Esther Ackerman was born near Temvik, ND, on April 23, 1930, the daughter of John and Pauline (Kundert) Haid. She attended country school and also school in Linton. Esther worked at JC Penney. Esther married John Ackerman at Peace Lutheran Church on June 1, 1948. Following their marriage they lived in Linton. In Linton Esther worked for Super Value. She was also a cook for the Head Start and a custodian at the Linton Public School and Peace Lutheran Church. Esther also painted and cleaned for various people. Esther and John also lived in Michigan and South Dakota. She was a member of Bismarck VFW Auxiliary and the Peace Lutheran Church Circle. She enjoyed crafts, cooking, baking and spending time with her family and friends, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Esther died March 19, 2007 at the Linton Hospital. She is survived by her husband, John of Linton; one son and daughter-in-law, Randy & Joyce Ackerman of Mapleton, ND; two daughters and two sons Karen & Don Williams of Pueblo, CO and Sheri & Parrell Grossman of Bismarck, ND; nine grandchildren, Jai, Cody, and Dusty Williams, Jon, Jared and Josh Ackerman, Jaden, Tiffany and Jayla Grossman; five great-grandchildren, Ashley, Brady and and Austin Ackerman, Jaileen Williams and Jhonatan Sosa; one sister, Violet Ohlhauser of Linton, ND and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services were held at the Peace Lutheran Church, Linton, on Thursday, March 22, 2007. Rev. Fred Henkelmann officiated, with burial at the Linton Cemetery.
Red ID: FND_I_61908 Image ID: 513217 Image Notes: FND001 01378

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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