Ernest "Ernie" Ackley

Ernest "Ernie" Ackley, 86, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, died at Mt. Carmel East Hospital on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. He was born on January 27, 1927 in Pratts Fork, Ohio. He was a member of the Whitehall Church of the Nazarene and served in the U.S. Army from 1945-1947 and in the U.S. Air Force as SSgt from 1950-1954. Ernie retired from the Franklin County Sanitary Engineering Dept. He is sadly missed by wife, Gwen Ackley; step-children, Peggy (Jim) Chinn, Kathy (Randy) Keys, Greg Peck, Philip (Caron) Collins, Theresa (Clifford) Evans, and Pamela (Philip) Munroe; brothers, Pearl (Frances) and Robert Ackley along with a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vern and Sadie (Morris) Ackley; brothers, Clarence, Carl, and Vernon; sisters, Esta Bryson, Irene Sickles, Marie Ackley, and Dorothy Strawser. Family will receive friends 5-8 pm Thursday at Schoedinger East Chapel, 5360 E. Livingston Ave. Funeral service will be held 1:00 pm Friday, October 11, 2013 at Whitehall Church of the Nazarene, 739 S. Yearling Rd., with visitation 12-1 pm. Pastor Jack Johnson and Rev. David McCoy officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in memory of Ernie to the Whitehall Church of the Nazarene.