Gideon Andreas Achter was born in Breslau, Germany on 13 September 1925, the oldest son of Hermann Erich and Martha Marie Fruehauf Achter. He died on 1 June 2011 of complications of diabetes.
As a young man, Andy served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He married Anna Cipriati, and they had a daughter. They divorced in 1943. He married Vertice Terry Smith in 1946. Andy and his sons got involved in scouting, where he continued to serve for many years, earning a Silver Beaver Award.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Catherine, and his son Bruce. He is survived by his wife, his step-daughters Sherlene (Bob) and Renee, his three sons Bryant (Pam), Ronald (Brenda), Richard (Debbie), and Bruce's widow Claudine, three siblings, and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, 9 June 2011 at Mountain View Memorial Estates Mortuary, 3115 East Bengal Boulevard (7800 South), Cottonwood Heights. There will be a short viewing held just prior to the funeral, at 10:00 a.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on June 7, 2011.
As a young man, Andy served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He married Anna Cipriati, and they had a daughter. They divorced in 1943. He married Vertice Terry Smith in 1946. Andy and his sons got involved in scouting, where he continued to serve for many years, earning a Silver Beaver Award.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Catherine, and his son Bruce. He is survived by his wife, his step-daughters Sherlene (Bob) and Renee, his three sons Bryant (Pam), Ronald (Brenda), Richard (Debbie), and Bruce's widow Claudine, three siblings, and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, 9 June 2011 at Mountain View Memorial Estates Mortuary, 3115 East Bengal Boulevard (7800 South), Cottonwood Heights. There will be a short viewing held just prior to the funeral, at 10:00 a.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on June 7, 2011.
Gideon Andreas Achter was born in Breslau, Germany on 13 September 1925, the oldest son of Hermann Erich and Martha Marie Fruehauf Achter. He died on 1 June 2011 of complications of diabetes.
As a young man, Andy served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He married Anna Cipriati, and they had a daughter. They divorced in 1943. He married Vertice Terry Smith in 1946. Andy and his sons got involved in scouting, where he continued to serve for many years, earning a Silver Beaver Award.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Catherine, and his son Bruce. He is survived by his wife, his step-daughters Sherlene (Bob) and Renee, his three sons Bryant (Pam), Ronald (Brenda), Richard (Debbie), and Bruce's widow Claudine, three siblings, and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, 9 June 2011 at Mountain View Memorial Estates Mortuary, 3115 East Bengal Boulevard (7800 South), Cottonwood Heights. There will be a short viewing held just prior to the funeral, at 10:00 a.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on June 7, 2011.
As a young man, Andy served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He married Anna Cipriati, and they had a daughter. They divorced in 1943. He married Vertice Terry Smith in 1946. Andy and his sons got involved in scouting, where he continued to serve for many years, earning a Silver Beaver Award.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Catherine, and his son Bruce. He is survived by his wife, his step-daughters Sherlene (Bob) and Renee, his three sons Bryant (Pam), Ronald (Brenda), Richard (Debbie), and Bruce's widow Claudine, three siblings, and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, 9 June 2011 at Mountain View Memorial Estates Mortuary, 3115 East Bengal Boulevard (7800 South), Cottonwood Heights. There will be a short viewing held just prior to the funeral, at 10:00 a.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on June 7, 2011.
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