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299. John
J ACKLEY Sr appeared in the census 1920 & 1930 in New Jersey.
He was born on 10 Jul 1908 in New Jersey.58,72,192
On 30 Apr 1930 he was Truck Man at Hammonton, Atlantic, New Jersey.58 He was living in 1930 in Hammonton, Atlantic, New Jersey.58 He died on 16 Mar 1968 in New
Jersey.192 John J ACKLEY
Sr and Kathryn E CREAMER were married about 1928 in New Jersey.58,192,193 Kathryn E CREAMER (daughter
of Living and Living) was born on 10 Feb 1911 in Camden, Camden , New Jersey.58,131,183 She appeared in the census
in 1930 in New Jersey. She died on 5 Jul 2004 in Bridgeton, Cumberland
, New Jersey.131,183 Her Obituary appeared in the The Press of Atlantic
City on 7 Jul 2004 in Atlantic City, Atlantic , New Jersey ACKLEY,
KATHRYN E. (nee CREAMER), 93 - longtime owner and president of Ackley's, Inc.
in Deerfield Street passed away Monday afternoon July 5, 2004 at S.J. Hospital
- Bridgeton after a sudden illness. Mrs. Ackley was a seventy-two year resident
of Deerfield Street.
The widow of John J. Ackley Sr., who died in 1968, she was born in Camden and
was the daughter of the late Warren B. and Ella Baker Creamer. In 1933 she and
her late husband established Ackley's Garage in Deerfield Street on the corner
of Highway 77 and Route 540. Mr. Ackley would service and repair farm equipment
for local farmers and Mrs. Ackley assisted her husband in their business operation.
Later they became a Massey Fergusson dealer and sold tractors and farm equipment
all over southern New Jersey. After her husband's death in 1968, she assumed
the duties of president and operated the family owned business until its sale
in 2000.
Mrs. Ackley was a 1928 graduate of Bridgeton High School and a longtime member
of the Deerfield Presbyterian Church where she served as a church trustee and
member of the women's guild. She was a 25 years member of the Greenwich Tea Burning
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was a two time reagent.
An active member of the community, she served for 15 years as a member of the
Board of Education in Upper Deerfield Township and was a longtime member of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Upper Deerfield Fire Company #1. In addition, Mrs. Ackley
was a member of the N.J. Farm Equipment Dealers Association.
She is survived by one daughter, H. Betty Babb of Canton, Michigan, 16 grandchildren,
Kathryn Pancoast (Howard), Lewis Stoms Jr. (Barbara), Eugene Stoms (Deborah),
Rhonda Colladay (Patrick), Geoffrey Babb (Mitzi), Daniel Babb (Sheryl), David
Babb (Debbra), Deborah Holton (Brian), Susan Fischells (Russell), John Andrew
Ackley (Dominique), Patricia Ackley, Henry Behnke (Maria), Rutledge Behnke (Julie),
Charles Behnke (Klara), Mary Kathryn Hardwick and Christopher Behnke, 31 great
grandchildren, seven great great grandchildren, one sister, Edith Camp of Pittsgrove
and 15 nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased
by one son, John J. Ackley Jr., two daughters, Lillian Stoms and Carolyn Behnke,
one brother, John Creamer and a half sister, Ruth Davis Wells.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon July 9th at 2 o'clock at the Deerfield
Presbyterian Church, Old Deerfield Pike, Upper Deerfield Township with Rev. Dr.
Kenneth Larter officiating. The interment will be made at the church cemetery.
Friends will be received at the Freitag Funeral Home, 137 W. Commerce St., Bridgeton
on Thursday evening from 6 until 9.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributors may be made to the Deerfield Presbyterian
Church, PO Box 69, Deerfield Street, NJ 08313 or to the American Cancer Society,
1851 Old Cuthbert Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.
Written condolences and tributes may be offered to the family using the funeral
home website, freitagfuneralhome.com
Her Social Security Number was 135-46-9186 NJ. John J ACKLEY Sr
and Kathryn E CREAMER had the following children:
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