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"Russ" Ackermann, 67, died at his home. He was born in Wheeling, WV and lived in Stuart for 13 years, coming from Idaho Falls, ID.
He attended parochial schools in Wheeling, and graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1960. He received a B.S. in physics in 1964 from Wheeling College (now Wheeling Jesuit University) and earned his M.S. in physics in 1972 from Akron University in Ohio. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He participated in two deployments to Iwakuni, Japan, with adjunct service in Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines. He was honorably discharged in 1969, and decorated with the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea), the National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze star. He was a tire engineer with General Tire in Akron, OH; a software designer in Enka, NC; a mathematician with NOAA in Idaho Falls; and as a mathematician/computer specialist for Perot Industries headquartered in Plano, TX. He was an adjunct professor at Indian River State College, a Ham radio operator and participated as emergency coordinator for the Martin County ARES/RACES group. He was a member of the Miles Grant Country Club and the Stuart-Jensen Elks Lodge No. 1870 of Stuart. He was first trumpet of the Stuart Community Band.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Arlene L. Brown Ackermann; step-children, Karen Buchholz Godin; Robert Buchholz and Trudy Buchholz; brothers, David Ackermann and Michael J. Ackermann Sr.; eight step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
SERVICES: A memorial service will be at 4p Dec. 16 at Martin Funeral and Crematory in Stuart. A funeral service will be at a later date at the Chapel of Mary and Joseph at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, with private family burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling. Arrangements are by Martin Funeral Home and Crematory, Stuart, and Altmeyer Funeral Home and Crematory, Wheeling.
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1942 - 2009 (67 years)
