John Ackland

First of all, thank you for putting the memorial online for those of us who could not attend. Excellent job, all members of the church, especially Hazel and Dwight. Patricia ( Anne,, as we knew you), you did a spectacular job! Your parents are so proud of you!


One of my first memories stopping by on the way to school because Diane and I carpooled during the first energy crisis of our adulthood (in the 70's) . Both Diane and John were always full of joy, even at 7:30 in the...

I am so sorry to hear of John’s passing. We have been friends since we met at Humboldt State University. We were neighbors in the apartment town house. Both very neat people. I stayed in Northern California but grew up in Bakersfield so every time we got to Bakersfield we would get together. I think I went to Bakersfield more often than they came here. They had a snake named Fang, if I remember correctly, so immediately John and Diane became the “Snake Man and Lady. To this day I still called...

John was a good neighbor and a good friend to our family. As a child, I spent many hours with John playing basketball in his backyard or being entertained by him and his lovely wife Diane. During Halloween, he loved to scare kids in the neighborhood and we took absolute delight in whatever crazy thing he decided to do that year. The last time I saw him was about 12 years ago and we played a couple of games of billiards on his beautiful pool table. During the second game I sunk the eight...

I had a class with Mr. Ackland in the early 80’s. Leave it to him to make a difficult class seem like a breeze.
My condolences to the family and CB May he Rest In Peace.