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                    Gene Ackerman 
			
            
            [July 
			10, 2013]  
			
            		
            		LINCOLN --
			Gene Ackerman, 68, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at 
			3:40 a.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. (Below is a copy of 
							the obituary from the funeral home.) ___ 
							LINCOLN-Gene Ackerman, 68, of Lincoln, passed away 
							at 3:40 a.m. on July 10, 2013 at St. John's 
							Hospital, Springfield, IL. 
							Gene was born on March 26, 1945 in Lincoln, IL the 
							son of Marvin C. and Ruth Ramlow Ackerman. He 
							married Carla Jean Donath on February 7, 1970 in 
							Lincoln, IL. 
							Gene is survived by his wife, Carla, of Lincoln; his 
							mother Ruth Ackerman of Lincoln; two daughters: Miki 
							(Todd) Farwell of Morton, IL and Franni (Tom) 
							Vlahovich of Philo, IL; two sisters: Phyllis (Tom) 
							Cosby of Lincoln and Wilma (Gary) Donath of Athens, 
							IL; four grandchildren: Delaney Farwell, Maddy 
							Farwell, Eric Vlahovich and Evan Vlahovich. He was 
							preceded in death by his father. | 
                    
					 
							Gene was a farmer and rancher. He was a member of 
							First United Methodist Church of Lincoln. 
							Gene's wishes were to be cremated with no services. 
							Arrangements were entrusted to 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln. |