Frances Hensley Ackley

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Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Frances Hensley Ackley was born March 28, 1906 in Indian Territory, the daughter of Carroll and Kitty L. Blount Hensley, and died October 27, 1986 in Sayre Memorial Hospital at the age of 80.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 29, at 10:30 a.m. in the Savage Funeral Home Chapel, Lawrence Hart officiating.

Frances Hensley married Reed D. Ackley on July 12, 1924, in Cheyenne, Oklahoma and they made their home on a farm near Hammon.

He preceded her in death on April 25, 1958.

She was a member of the Hammon Church of Christ.

She devoted her life to working with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian People.

Mrs. Ackley served many years as Secretary-Treasurer of the Red Hill Cemetery Association.

She is survived by two daughters, June Ackley of Hammon and Joan Tomberlin, and her husband, Leon, also of Hammon; three grandsons and their wives, Pam and Mike Tomberlin of Hammon; Kay and David Tomberlin of Duncan; and Terri and Dean Tomberlin of Hammon; and six great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one brother, one sister, one daughter, Jean, and one granddaughter.

Burial will be in Red Hill Cemetery under the direction of Savage Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Oklahoma.