Memorial services for Alice R Ackerman, 91, of Upton, Wyoming, were held Friday, January 4, 2008, at the Upton Community Center with Rev. Cliff Moore of Sundance, Wyoming, officiating.
Mrs. Ackerman died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at the Weston Manor Nursing Home in Newcastle, Wyoming.
Alice was born April 13, 1916 to Harry E. Reynolds and Charlotte Stanton Reynolds at the family homestead near Rocky Point, Wyoming. At the age of six years Alice moved with her family to the Reynolds Family Ranch in the Black Buttes southeast of Sundance. She attended rural school through the eighth grade and graduated from Sundance High School in 1934. While growing up on the ranch, Alice helped with all ranch chores and she and her younger brother, Stanton, broke horses for the "D" ranch. She won a scholarship to the University of Wyoming but these were depression times and there was no money to get to Laramie. While attending high school, Alice worked at the Sundance Service Station for five cents an hour and upon graduation she became a full time employee and her wages were raised to ten cents an hour. Alice was then offered a job at the Rural Rehabilitation Administration as a clerk-typist where she eventually earned the princely sum of $37.50 per week.
She met Evertt Ackerman, an employee of the Sundance State Bank, and they were married on September 18, 1937. In the spring of 1946, Evertt and Alice along with Jay Durfee, Harry Ilsley and Russell Twiford purchased the Union State Bank in Upton, Wyoming. Evertt became the manager of the Upton Bank and Evertt, Allice and young sons John and Bill moved to Upton. Alice was involved in the management of the bank and the A.D.I. Insurance Agency until 1982. She was the first woman bank president in Wyoming and served in that position for fourteen years.
Alice was a loyal and dedicated member of the Upton Community. She was involved in numerous civic events, gave generously of her time to improve her community and was the first Upton citizen to be recognized as "Citizen of the Year".
Preceding her in death was her husband, Evertt, parents and two brothers; Lester who died as an infant on the homestead and Cecil of Gillette, Wyoming.
Survivors include sons, John of Tiki Island, Texas and Bill of rural Upton, Wyoming; two granddaughters, Leslie of Raton, New Mexico and Jessica of Jackson, Wyoming; two step-grandchildren, Andrew Coleman and Rebecca Gannon both of New York; one great granddaughter, Zoe Ackerman; one step great grandson, Dane Evertt; two brothers, Stanton Reynolds of Fort Myers, Florida and Gene Reynolds of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and three sisters, Doris Lake and Clara Edna Kipp, both of Sundance and Carol Peters of Dubois, Wyoming.
Mrs. Ackerman died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at the Weston Manor Nursing Home in Newcastle, Wyoming.
Alice was born April 13, 1916 to Harry E. Reynolds and Charlotte Stanton Reynolds at the family homestead near Rocky Point, Wyoming. At the age of six years Alice moved with her family to the Reynolds Family Ranch in the Black Buttes southeast of Sundance. She attended rural school through the eighth grade and graduated from Sundance High School in 1934. While growing up on the ranch, Alice helped with all ranch chores and she and her younger brother, Stanton, broke horses for the "D" ranch. She won a scholarship to the University of Wyoming but these were depression times and there was no money to get to Laramie. While attending high school, Alice worked at the Sundance Service Station for five cents an hour and upon graduation she became a full time employee and her wages were raised to ten cents an hour. Alice was then offered a job at the Rural Rehabilitation Administration as a clerk-typist where she eventually earned the princely sum of $37.50 per week.
She met Evertt Ackerman, an employee of the Sundance State Bank, and they were married on September 18, 1937. In the spring of 1946, Evertt and Alice along with Jay Durfee, Harry Ilsley and Russell Twiford purchased the Union State Bank in Upton, Wyoming. Evertt became the manager of the Upton Bank and Evertt, Allice and young sons John and Bill moved to Upton. Alice was involved in the management of the bank and the A.D.I. Insurance Agency until 1982. She was the first woman bank president in Wyoming and served in that position for fourteen years.
Alice was a loyal and dedicated member of the Upton Community. She was involved in numerous civic events, gave generously of her time to improve her community and was the first Upton citizen to be recognized as "Citizen of the Year".
Preceding her in death was her husband, Evertt, parents and two brothers; Lester who died as an infant on the homestead and Cecil of Gillette, Wyoming.
Survivors include sons, John of Tiki Island, Texas and Bill of rural Upton, Wyoming; two granddaughters, Leslie of Raton, New Mexico and Jessica of Jackson, Wyoming; two step-grandchildren, Andrew Coleman and Rebecca Gannon both of New York; one great granddaughter, Zoe Ackerman; one step great grandson, Dane Evertt; two brothers, Stanton Reynolds of Fort Myers, Florida and Gene Reynolds of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and three sisters, Doris Lake and Clara Edna Kipp, both of Sundance and Carol Peters of Dubois, Wyoming.
Memorial services for Alice R Ackerman, 91, of Upton, Wyoming, were held Friday, January 4, 2008, at the Upton Community Center with Rev. Cliff Moore of Sundance, Wyoming, officiating.
Mrs. Ackerman died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at the Weston Manor Nursing Home in Newcastle, Wyoming.
Alice was born April 13, 1916 to Harry E. Reynolds and Charlotte Stanton Reynolds at the family homestead near Rocky Point, Wyoming. At the age of six years Alice moved with her family to the Reynolds Family Ranch in the Black Buttes southeast of Sundance. She attended rural school through the eighth grade and graduated from Sundance High School in 1934. While growing up on the ranch, Alice helped with all ranch chores and she and her younger brother, Stanton, broke horses for the "D" ranch. She won a scholarship to the University of Wyoming but these were depression times and there was no money to get to Laramie. While attending high school, Alice worked at the Sundance Service Station for five cents an hour and upon graduation she became a full time employee and her wages were raised to ten cents an hour. Alice was then offered a job at the Rural Rehabilitation Administration as a clerk-typist where she eventually earned the princely sum of $37.50 per week.
She met Evertt Ackerman, an employee of the Sundance State Bank, and they were married on September 18, 1937. In the spring of 1946, Evertt and Alice along with Jay Durfee, Harry Ilsley and Russell Twiford purchased the Union State Bank in Upton, Wyoming. Evertt became the manager of the Upton Bank and Evertt, Allice and young sons John and Bill moved to Upton. Alice was involved in the management of the bank and the A.D.I. Insurance Agency until 1982. She was the first woman bank president in Wyoming and served in that position for fourteen years.
Alice was a loyal and dedicated member of the Upton Community. She was involved in numerous civic events, gave generously of her time to improve her community and was the first Upton citizen to be recognized as "Citizen of the Year".
Preceding her in death was her husband, Evertt, parents and two brothers; Lester who died as an infant on the homestead and Cecil of Gillette, Wyoming.
Survivors include sons, John of Tiki Island, Texas and Bill of rural Upton, Wyoming; two granddaughters, Leslie of Raton, New Mexico and Jessica of Jackson, Wyoming; two step-grandchildren, Andrew Coleman and Rebecca Gannon both of New York; one great granddaughter, Zoe Ackerman; one step great grandson, Dane Evertt; two brothers, Stanton Reynolds of Fort Myers, Florida and Gene Reynolds of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and three sisters, Doris Lake and Clara Edna Kipp, both of Sundance and Carol Peters of Dubois, Wyoming.
Mrs. Ackerman died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at the Weston Manor Nursing Home in Newcastle, Wyoming.
Alice was born April 13, 1916 to Harry E. Reynolds and Charlotte Stanton Reynolds at the family homestead near Rocky Point, Wyoming. At the age of six years Alice moved with her family to the Reynolds Family Ranch in the Black Buttes southeast of Sundance. She attended rural school through the eighth grade and graduated from Sundance High School in 1934. While growing up on the ranch, Alice helped with all ranch chores and she and her younger brother, Stanton, broke horses for the "D" ranch. She won a scholarship to the University of Wyoming but these were depression times and there was no money to get to Laramie. While attending high school, Alice worked at the Sundance Service Station for five cents an hour and upon graduation she became a full time employee and her wages were raised to ten cents an hour. Alice was then offered a job at the Rural Rehabilitation Administration as a clerk-typist where she eventually earned the princely sum of $37.50 per week.
She met Evertt Ackerman, an employee of the Sundance State Bank, and they were married on September 18, 1937. In the spring of 1946, Evertt and Alice along with Jay Durfee, Harry Ilsley and Russell Twiford purchased the Union State Bank in Upton, Wyoming. Evertt became the manager of the Upton Bank and Evertt, Allice and young sons John and Bill moved to Upton. Alice was involved in the management of the bank and the A.D.I. Insurance Agency until 1982. She was the first woman bank president in Wyoming and served in that position for fourteen years.
Alice was a loyal and dedicated member of the Upton Community. She was involved in numerous civic events, gave generously of her time to improve her community and was the first Upton citizen to be recognized as "Citizen of the Year".
Preceding her in death was her husband, Evertt, parents and two brothers; Lester who died as an infant on the homestead and Cecil of Gillette, Wyoming.
Survivors include sons, John of Tiki Island, Texas and Bill of rural Upton, Wyoming; two granddaughters, Leslie of Raton, New Mexico and Jessica of Jackson, Wyoming; two step-grandchildren, Andrew Coleman and Rebecca Gannon both of New York; one great granddaughter, Zoe Ackerman; one step great grandson, Dane Evertt; two brothers, Stanton Reynolds of Fort Myers, Florida and Gene Reynolds of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and three sisters, Doris Lake and Clara Edna Kipp, both of Sundance and Carol Peters of Dubois, Wyoming.
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