Third Generation

43. Meta Louise LUHRSEN was born on 18 Mar 1891 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois. She died on 1 Dec 1957 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois.^2,37 Rites Wednesday for Mrs. Akeright, 66, of Buckley
BUCKLEY (JNS) -- Mrs. Meta Akeright, 66, died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday in the Community Hospital, Paxton, following an illness of about a month.
Mrs. Akeright was born March 18, 1891 in Buckley, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Luhrsen. She was married to Harry Akeright. He died Jan. 3, 1919.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Kuebler of Cissna Park and Mrs. Thelma Strauss of Buckley; her mother of Buckley; brothers, Adolph of Cissna Park, Richard of Buckley, Albert of Watseka, Alfred of Buchanan, Mich., and Edwin of Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters, Mrs. N.R. McMillan of Glendale, Ariz., and Mrs. Pauline Rice of South Bend, Ind.; three grandsons and a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her father and a son.
Mrs. Akeright was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kelly Memorial Funeral Home, Buckley, and at 2 p.m. in St. Johnn's Lutheran Church, the Rev. Walther Eissfeldt officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. She was buried on 4 Dec 1957 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.⁹ Section C, Row 16, Plot 46C

Meta Louise LUHRSEN and Harry Howard AKERIGHT were married on 22 Feb 1913. Subject: Re: Cemetery Confusion
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:38:54 -0600 (CST)
From: Duane Akeright <da10187@mail.cedarnet.org>

Answer to 1. I remember when I was in Buckley that the cemetery was a few miles outside of town, but I was told that what appears to be one cemetery is actually two cemeteries. There is one fence surrounding both cemeteries, and no fence dividing the two, if I remember correctly. Also, as I recall, I was told that only those who were members of a Lutheran church could be buried in the "Lutheran" cemetery, and all "non-Lutherans" were buried in the "other" cemetery. Harry was not a Lutheran. He is buried in the "other" cemetery. I have photos of both stones. Meta is buried next to Charles, to the right. They are both gray stones about 4 inches high by 12-15 inches wide by 30-36 inches long. Harry's stone is gray, about 4 feet high. The name "Harry H. Akeright" is inscribed along with year indicators: 1871 - 1919

Answer to 2. This is what I have for Thelma and Harry:

Harry Strauss
b. 14 Jul 1917
d. 01 Apr 1982

Thelma Strauss
b. 04 Feb 1916
d. 23 Jan 1995

I know that these dates are not the same as what you have. I also know that a " true genealogist" always lists a source for ALL information, as to spelling, dates, etc. I do not have all sources for all of my information, so I would not be able to quote a source for these.

Hope this helps. Harry Howard AKERIGHT (son of Absalom AKERIGHT and Ellenore LOWMAN) was born on 10 Mar 1871. He was in the news in 1896.¹⁰ 8 Jan 1896 - Harry Akwright (sic) is suffering with granulated eyelids. He died on 3 Jan 1919. He was buried about 6 Jan 1919 in Woodland Cemetery, Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.³⁸ Row 8 He sister-in-law's obituary in 1955.³⁹ Mrs. Mary Akeright
Relatives in Buckley received word of the death of Mrs. Mary Kathryn Akeright at Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, Septmeber 24, in her home at 9 p.m. She was 79 years of age and was born June 13, 1876 in Akron, Ohio. Her parents were Mr. John and Elizabeth Mitchel. She came to Buckley community when a small child with her parents and the family lived in east rural Buckley on the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Walter Janssen are living at present. Later they moved near Loda, and in February 1902 she was married at Buckley to Mr. William L. Akeriight, and in 1907 they moved to Leroy, Minn. to live. Mr. Akeright died in 1924. In 1927, she moved to Waterloo, Iowa. She was an arthritic cripple, being ill 37 years, and a bed patient four years. her illness began in December 1919.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. September 27th at a Waterloo funeral home and burial was at 2:30 p.m. in Leroy, Minn. cemetery. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Gladys Akeright at home, a son Mr. Wilford Akeright of Waterloo and two grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Sarah Vreeland of Woodland, Ill. Her husband was a brother of the cedeased Mr. Harry Akeright of Buckley, who died January 3, 1919 in Buckley. The deceased Mrs. Akeright was a cousin of Mrs. Harley Mell and Mrs. Elmer Ernest of Buckley. Meta Louise LUHRSEN and Harry Howard AKERIGHT had the following children:

+129	i.	Ellenor Emma AKERIGHT.
+130	ii.	Thelma Louise AKERIGHT.
131	iii.	Charles Harry AKERIGHT was born on 1 Nov 1918 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois. He died on 18 Sep 1950 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois.37,40 Military Rites for Charles H. Akeright at Buckley Today Full military funeral services for Charles Harry Akeright, 31, were to be held Thursday afternoon at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church in Buckley. The Kelley funeral home was in charge. Mr. Akeright died at 10:45 p.m. Monday at the Paxton community hospital following an illness of eight weeks. Death was due to abscessed liver. He was born November 1, 1918 in Buckley, the son of Harry and Meta Luhrsen Akeright, and attended the schools in that community. Prior to his death, he was employed as a bartender at the Reynolds tavern. He is survived by his mother, and two sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Kuebler of Cissna Park and Mrs. Thelma Strauss of Buckley, and several nieces and nephews. His father preceded him in death. He was a member of St. John's church and of the Byron Hickerson Post No. 432, American Legion. He was a world War II veteran, entering the service in September, 1942, and spending two years overseas in France and England with the medical corps. He received his honorable discharge in January, 1946. He was buried on 21 Sep 1950 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.9 Section C, Row 16, Plot 46C Tombstone reads, "Illinois Tec 5, 28 Field Hosp, WW II". He died of an abscessed liver..