Steve Willis Akers, 99, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton.
He was born Nov. 19, 1910, in Hooker, Okla., the fifth of 12 children born to John and Alice Reynolds Akers. The family settled in the Oklahoma Panhandle prior to statehood after migrating from Christianburg, Va.
On April 1, 1939, he married Virginia Reese Wetzel. They moved from Cleveland to Hugoton in the spring of 1946. Mr. Akers managed Hugoton Tractor and Implement Co. In 1959, he sold that business and remodeled the building to become E-Z Bowl. He and his wife were avid golfers and they spent many hours on improvements of the Hugoton Golf Course.
His wife died in 1993. He also was preceded in death by eight brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Charles Robert Wetzel of Johnson City, Tenn., and John Allen Akers of Hugoton; a sister, Iola Behne of Guymon, Okla.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were at Hugoton Cemetery,
Garden City Telegram 3/25/10
He was born Nov. 19, 1910, in Hooker, Okla., the fifth of 12 children born to John and Alice Reynolds Akers. The family settled in the Oklahoma Panhandle prior to statehood after migrating from Christianburg, Va.
On April 1, 1939, he married Virginia Reese Wetzel. They moved from Cleveland to Hugoton in the spring of 1946. Mr. Akers managed Hugoton Tractor and Implement Co. In 1959, he sold that business and remodeled the building to become E-Z Bowl. He and his wife were avid golfers and they spent many hours on improvements of the Hugoton Golf Course.
His wife died in 1993. He also was preceded in death by eight brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Charles Robert Wetzel of Johnson City, Tenn., and John Allen Akers of Hugoton; a sister, Iola Behne of Guymon, Okla.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were at Hugoton Cemetery,
Garden City Telegram 3/25/10
Steve Willis Akers, 99, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton.
He was born Nov. 19, 1910, in Hooker, Okla., the fifth of 12 children born to John and Alice Reynolds Akers. The family settled in the Oklahoma Panhandle prior to statehood after migrating from Christianburg, Va.
On April 1, 1939, he married Virginia Reese Wetzel. They moved from Cleveland to Hugoton in the spring of 1946. Mr. Akers managed Hugoton Tractor and Implement Co. In 1959, he sold that business and remodeled the building to become E-Z Bowl. He and his wife were avid golfers and they spent many hours on improvements of the Hugoton Golf Course.
His wife died in 1993. He also was preceded in death by eight brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Charles Robert Wetzel of Johnson City, Tenn., and John Allen Akers of Hugoton; a sister, Iola Behne of Guymon, Okla.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were at Hugoton Cemetery,
Garden City Telegram 3/25/10
He was born Nov. 19, 1910, in Hooker, Okla., the fifth of 12 children born to John and Alice Reynolds Akers. The family settled in the Oklahoma Panhandle prior to statehood after migrating from Christianburg, Va.
On April 1, 1939, he married Virginia Reese Wetzel. They moved from Cleveland to Hugoton in the spring of 1946. Mr. Akers managed Hugoton Tractor and Implement Co. In 1959, he sold that business and remodeled the building to become E-Z Bowl. He and his wife were avid golfers and they spent many hours on improvements of the Hugoton Golf Course.
His wife died in 1993. He also was preceded in death by eight brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Charles Robert Wetzel of Johnson City, Tenn., and John Allen Akers of Hugoton; a sister, Iola Behne of Guymon, Okla.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were at Hugoton Cemetery,
Garden City Telegram 3/25/10
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