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Joan Maxine Brown Ackley
23 Aug 1939 – 3 Aug 2018
| Birth | 23 Aug 1939 |
| Death | 3 Aug 2018 |
| Cemetery | East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery Provo , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Annie Duckett Hundley on 06 Aug 2018 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192028746 |
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Interment: 9 Aug 2018
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Joan Maxine Brown Ackley 1939 - 2018 Early Life: Joan was born August 23, 1939, in Portola, California, to Earl Dean Brown and Lucile Edith Taylor Brown. Life’s Work | Service | Interests: On June 28, 1963, Joan married the love of her life, David Ackley, in the Los Angeles California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They led a full life together, including a five-year adventure in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with five of their boys from 1986 to 1991. Joan was very involved in her community and her LDS ward of forty-six years. She loved to listen to show tunes; music brought her great joy. Joan earned a degree in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University in 1962. She taught 4th and 5th grade and always had a wonderful connection with children. Even after her memory had been taken by advanced Alzheimer’s for the last decade, she would light up whenever her grandchildren and great-grandchildren came to visit. Joan remained loving and kind even as the disease progressed. Her most common catch phrases included, “I love you,” and, “Can I go to sleep counting my blessings?” For the last two years of her life, she was lovingly cared for full-time by her husband, her son, Michael, and daughter-in-law, Sarah Ackley. On Friday, August 3, 2018, Joan Ackley passed away. Her husband of 55 years was at her side. She was 78. Survived By: Her husband, David; their eight children: Jennifer Ackley Gammon (Todd), of Provo, UT; David Ackley (Neilani), of Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands; William Ackley (Denise), of Eagle Mountain, UT; Eric Ackley (Kelsi), of El Paso, TX; Joseph Ackley, of Kanab, UT; Michael Ackley (Sarah), of Provo, UT; Jeremy Ackley (Becca), of Lindon, UT; and Jeffrey Ackley (Cami), of Provo, UT. 32 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Carol Ann and Dale Brown, CA. Preceded In Death By: Her parents and granddaughter, River Ackley. Services: Sunset 3rd Ward Chapel Burial: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery Original Obituary Published By: © Walker Sanderson Funeral Home | Aug 2018 Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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