Charles David Acker, (Shag) 72, was born on July 12, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA to Charles Acker and Leona Kern. He died on April 24, 2016 at Bay Pines VA Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Shirley Acker (Amino). Charles is also survived by his son David Acker (Laurie) of Lansing, MI; brother Craig Dorman (Sharon) of Silver Creek, NY; sisters Tammie Conant (Richard) of Cresson, TX and Suanne Dorman of Imlay City, MI; granddaughter Morgan Acker and many nieces and nephews.
Charles graduated from Brocton Central School in Brocton, NY in 1961. After the Army he joined American Legion 59 in Fredonia, NY where he was a member since 1969. He was an avid Nascar fan and was also a member of the Chautauqua County Corvette Club.
A memorial service honoring the life of Charles David Acker is scheduled for April 29, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Bay Pines National Cemetery where the United States Army will be providing military honors.
The family of Charles Acker would like to take a moment and thank the entire Hospice staff at Bay Pines VA Medical Center for their professionalism and compassionate care that they gave to Charles during his final days.
In lieu of flowers the family has asked that memorial donations be made to the Bay Pines VA Health Care System.
Friends and family are invited to share a memory and sign his guestbook below.
Thoughts and prayers for you and your family. love you
My thoughts are with you at this time hopefully Shag and Fingers will meet upstairs and have a cocktail or two he will be deeply missed but is now at peace love
to you all. Deb Buckley
Shirley, I want to extend my deepest condolences to you and your family….Love you Carol
Thinking of you all with a heavy heart! Hoping your memories will help to easy your pain.
Shirley , David and family, what more can we say except our hearts break for you. Our deepest condolences, with our greatest of love old friends. Love Sherry and Chuck
Shirley and family, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sending my love to Shirley and family. I am so sorry for your loss. He will be greatly missed. Love, Julie
Shirley and family, I am so sorry for your loss. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers .
God Bless all of your family may you all be comforted byyour precious memories .
You are in our thoughts and prayers. We hope you find comfort and peace in the days to come. All our Love, Becky & Rich
To me we are still kids, Sad to think that we lose track of one another, I am sorry for your loss Shirley..
Shirley, I am so sorry for your loss. I didn’t quite get him to remember my name, but he was trying! Hope we get to make more memories in the Fall this year. I love your friendship, it is joy to me. God bless you and hope for your peaceful heart. Love,Merry and Bernie
You and Your family are in our thoughts and prayers ! May God hold you in his hands and give you strength . My heart breaks for you .
sending our sympathies for your loss Shirley.
I am so sorry for your loss. We are here for you any time any place. It was a real honor to have met David. I wish we had known him in earlier years. We have grown to meet only a small portion of Dave with the family pictures you have shared but clearly he enjoyed life to the fullest and was very proud of his country. He will be missed.
Shirley, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Shirley and Dave, so sorry to hear this sad news. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Art & Sandy Miller
Shirley and family
We are sending our sympathy and prayers of comfort to your family and you. May the memories ease the hurt that you feel now. Shag was a good man and friend.
Shag was a friend who was a joy to be around and will be sadly missed.our heartfelt sympathy to you Shirley,JR, Laurie,Morgan and the rest of your families.We love you and share in your sorrow. I can still see Shag driving down Rt20 past our old house in that big beautiful blue truck with all the lights.He was so proud of that truck as he was his family.
Shirley.. Dave.. My heart is breaking for you and your family. Shag was an awesome guy and he will be missed by everyone that knew him. Him and Leo are up in Heaven causing TROUBLE!!
Dave Carpenter came into Walmart tonight and I told him about Shag’s passing.. he wishes to pass on his and his wives condolences but that don’t get online so I am passing them on to you. That goes for my Dad too!!
Love from me and Tim and my brother Tim too!!
I am sorry we were unaware of Dave’s passing. Our sincere condolence to you and your family. Good memories in the pass. May God be with you Shirley and family.
Shirley, so sorry to hear about your husband. I have alot of memories , traveling in our moterhomes. Good times. Take care, sandy pagano
Our deepest sympathy goes out to you Shirley and family. Dave will be deeply missed by all. He was a good man, hard worker, good husband, father and grandfather. He is not suffering any longer. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you all. RIP Shag!
So sorry for your loss
Shirley and family…..sorry we can’t be there for you. It is hard to come to the realization that Dave is gone. We will miss his many visits. We are thinking of you all at this sad time.
Shirley, we are so very sorry for your loss. Please let us know if there is anything at all we can do for you or the family. You are in our hearts and prayers.
Very sorry for your loss
Shag was a great guy ,Our prayers to all of the family
Shirley, God bless you & your loved ones and may you find peace during this difficult time. John and I are so grateful that we got to spend the time that we did with you this winter, good times! I pray your memories find you peace and comfort! Shag will be missed by many and remembered by all! I love you ❤️
Dear Shirley and family, we were so sad to hear of Shag’s passing. Please know you are in our prayers.
Shirley and family, j ferry and I. Send our deepest sympathy.
Dear Shirley, Dave and family,
Our deepest sympathy to you and your family for your loss. Please take comfort in knowing that he loved you both so much and that he is at peace. Love you….
Shirley, you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. I remember when I use to come to your motorhome and Dave and I would talk about the show Person of Interest, we would try to figure out what would happen the next week. We couldn’t wait for the next week to see if we were right. He will be missed. He was so upset when Cisco passed now they can take walks together again. Shirley, just remember you have a lot of friends that love you and we all will do our best to help you through this sadness and emptiness you are feeling now.
My deepest sympathy to the family. My girlfriend Linda Houck Pickard went to school with David I met hime through her in Brocton at the high school. I lived in Dunkirk. Thoughts and prayer’s
Dear Shirley and family,
I wanted to again send my condolences. Shag fought a long hard battle. I am happy that I knew him and you too.
Mary Bennr
We just heard about Dave and are so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Gordy & Katie
Lots of memories of our years at good old BCS. Proms, sports, dances, party’s and Senior trip to DC. You will be missed at our 55th class reunion in July. Sending condolences to your family. Rest In Peace dear friend.
Dear Shirlley, Sorry to here of Dave’s passing. We had met you guys through the CB radio, and I remember he had the tallest antenna around. We had a lot of fun talking to him out on the road. Over the years we’ve lost track of old friends,which is sad, but reading about Dave brought back fond memories. Thoughts and prayers to you and the family. Louie and Terry Russo
Dear Shirley, DJ, and family,
Just wanted to pass along my deepest sympathy in the passing of Shag. Such fond memories I have of the “good old days”. My prayers are with you all at this difficult time. Love, Julie
Shirley-
I am so sad to learn about Shaggy. He was such a fun loving person. My thoughts and prayers are with you now. I miss you and wish I could help you somehow. Please give David my condolences,too.
Betty
We are so sorry to hear of your loss. Our thoughts and prayer are with you and your family. Hope to see you in the Fall. Love you.
Shirley, Dave and family: So very sorry to hear of Dave’s passing. You have had so many years of love and happiness. The memories will help you through this most difficult time. You are in my thoughts and prayers, God Bless.
Our prayer,s and deepest sympathy to your family, from our family, Dave was a great guy and will be missed
So sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss, you have my number, call if you need anything, Larry and I will be happy to help.
Our condolences from the family of Marilyn Sommers,Jeff and Teresa DeGolier and family, Tammy Reinhardt and family. Our thoughts are with you in these times.
Also from the family of Todd Sommers.
For my brother David, I was deeply saddened to hear of your passing. I wish to offer my sincere condolences to your family and pray that Gods love fills your hearts with peace and comfort. Sincerely, Your brother Michael Acker.