Sophie Lou Acker

ACKER, Sophie Lou, 79, died Friday, December 12, 2008, in Richmond, Va., after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was a retired music teacher in Northport, N.Y., prior to her move to Richmond in 1998. She was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the daughter of Ernestine and Ira Marvin. Survivors include her husband, Curtis H. Acker; son, Todd and daughter-in-law, Kathryn; daughter, Elizabeth of Los Angeles, Calif.; two grandchildren, Rebecca Mohr and her husband, Stephen, of Bangalore, India, Daniel of Danville, Va.; two sisters, Mary Morrow of Moorestown, N.J., and Sara Sites of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Acker was a graduate of Mansfield University in Pennsylvania, and earned her Master of Science degree form C.W. Post College of Long Island University. Early in her life, she was a piano student of the late Arthur Edward Johnson, a major contributor to the American Book Company "Hollis Dann Music Course - Song Series". A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, at Bon Air Presbyterian Church, 9201 W. Huguenot Rd., Richmond, Va. A reception will follow at the Lodge at Summerhill Retirement Community on Forest Hill Avenue. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Greater Richmond Alzheimer's Association, to Bon Air Presbyterian Church Music Fund, to Mansfield University Music Fund, or to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.