EDDINGTON and KEYSER, W.Va. – Clayton R. Ackley, 91, went to be with his wife, Evangeline, and his daughter, Gail, June 27, 2006. He passed away at the Heartland Nursing Facility in Keyser, W.Va. after a short illness. Clayton was born May 7, 1915, in Cutler, the youngest of 12 children born to Ezra Allen Ackley Jr. and Annie Eudora Davis. He attended Baxter State School for the Deaf in Portland. He married Evangeline Smith May 21, 1943. He was retired from Viner Shoe Factory in Bangor. Clayton lived with his family in Machiasport until 1960, when the family moved to the Bangor area. He later moved to the Eddington area. He lived in an assisted living facility in Brewer for several years before moving to his son’s home in Springfield, W.Va. last August. He was a lifelong outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. One of his greatest joys was duck hunting with his late brother, Carroll, and his beloved Labrador retrievers. In earlier years, he was socially active with the deaf community in the state of Maine. Clayton was predeceased by his wife, Evangeline; and his daughter, Gail Ackley-Hodgins. He is survived by son, Allen and his wife, Ellen, of Springfield, W.Va.; his son-in-law, Harold Hodgins of Eddington; grandchildren, Jonathan James and his wife, Robin and Heath Reed, all of Maine, Colleen Palmer of Connecticut, Russell Palmer and his wife, Sheila, of New York, Douglas Palmer and his wife, Karla, of South Carolina and Nicholas and Donald Ackley of Virginia; great-grandchildren, John Palmer, Gerard Palmer, James Palmer and Fiona Evangeline Palmer, all of New York and Rebecca and Grace Palmer of South Carolina; his nephew, Ivan Ramsdell of Machias; and nieces, Audrey Buchanan-Swan of New Hampshire, Carol Lynn Molinski, Sina Molinski and Cynthia Cotter, all of Cutler. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. July 6, at Eddy Cemetery, Eddington, with the Rev. Albert Coffey, pastor of the Clifton Baptist Church, officiating. The family invites relatives and friends to share conversation and refreshments at the home of Harold “Red” Hodgins, 1117 Main Rd., Eddington, after the service. Gifts in his memory may be made to Altrusa Club International, 30 Sunset Strip, Brewer, ME 04412. A service of Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor, where condolences may be expressed to the family at www.BrookingsSmith.com
CLAYTON R. ACKLEY
