Obituary
Sister of eleven, mother of six, grandmother to twelve, and aunt or cousin to more than we can count, Karen Ann Ackerland, 78, of Rock Island, Illinois, passed away in Sarasota, Florida following heart complications on October 11, 2023.
Karen was born in Rock Island, Illinois on July 19th, 1945, to parents Isabel Horton and Charles Schmacht, the seventh of twelve children. When she was a girl, Karen met her future husband John Ackerland, who …
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