Alice Acker
REYNOLDS, Ill. -- Alice H. Acker, 90, Reynolds, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004, at the Mercer County Nursing Home, Aledo, Ill.

Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Edgington Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Edgington Cemetery.

Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan, Ill. Memorials may be made to Mercer County Hospital Home Health Care or to the church.

Mrs. Acker was born July 24, 1913, in Edgington Township, Ill., the daughter of Maynard and Myrtle Andrews McDonald. She married Richard C. Acker in Edgington Township. He preceded her in death March 27, 1975.

She had worked as bookkeeper for their business, Acker Bulldozing of Reynolds.

She was a member of Edgington Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed doing hand stitch quilting and needlework. She especially loved her family and being with them.

Survivors include daughters, Glenna Kelly and husband Darryl of Tucson, Ariz., Shirley Day and husband Earl of Rock Island, Ill., Marjorie Wilkens and husband William of Taylor Ridge, Ill., Lois Burr and husband Frank of Muscatine, Nancy Williams and husband Gary of Illinois City, Ill.; sons, Harvey Acker and wife Mary of Reynolds, Gary Acker and wife Donna and Lyle Acker and wife Jeanette, all of Taylor Ridge, Dennis Acker and wife Lisa of Reynolds; 25 grandchildren; many, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Parchert of Illinois City and Hazel Thor of Galesburg, Ill.; a sister-in-law, Betty McDonald of Illinois City; and a brother-in-law, Charles Jones of Florida.

She was preceded in death by sisters, Gladys Jahn and Mary Jones; a brother, Glen McDonald; and two grandsons.