A new article has been added to: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=319 California Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=59363 Article title: Modesto Bee and News-Herald Article date: January 10 1955 Article description: 62 Year Resident Of Los Banos Dies In Hospital Article: LOS BANOS, Merced Co. - Services were conducted this afternoon in the Whitehurst Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Victoria Acker, 79, who died Friday in a Merced hospital following a long illness. A native of Healdsburg, Sonoma County, she came to Los Banos in 1892, opening a millinery store when she was 17. In 1897 she married Edward H. Acker, who survives her. The two were patients in a Merced hospital the past four years. Mrs. Acker also leaves three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Sully and Mrs. Marian Christian, both of Tracy, San Joaquin County, and Mrs. Ila Crowe of Palm Desert; a son, Lyle Acker, of Los Banos, and eight grandchildren. The Rev. Harold Coleman officiated. Burial was in the family plot in Los Banos Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com