Fourth Generation

37. Orvin Ray ACKLEY II appeared in the census 1920 & 1930 in Kansas. He was born on 7 Jan 1916 in Studley, Sheridan, Kansas.^{32,42,50,51,67} He purchased land on 17 Dec 1953 in Modoc , California²³ He purchased land on 27 Sep 1963 in Modoc , California²³ purchased with Berneta M Ackley, assumed to be his wife He has Death Cert # 86-09839⁶⁷ He died on 19 May 1986 in Kalamath Falls, Kalamath , Oregon.^50,67 He was buried in Dry Lake Ranch.⁶⁸ His Social Security Number was 523-10-3019 CO.⁵⁰

Orvin Ray ACKLEY II and Berneta Mae LYNAM were married on 6 Mar 1945 in Pocatello, Bannock , Idaho.^23,67,68 assumption made due to her name appearing with his on a land purchase Berneta Mae LYNAM (daughter of Edward LYNAM and Nellie May ROBERTS) was born on 26 Apr 1915 in Pocatello, Bannock , Idaho.^50,69 She died on 14 Oct 2001 in Tulelake, Siskiyou, California.^50,69 Her Obituary appeared in the Herald and News on 17 Oct 2001 in Kalamath , Oregon Berneta Mae Ackley, 86, a longtime Tulelake resident, died Oct. 14, 2001, in Tulelake.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Newell Baptist Church in Newell with the Rev. Bob Freeman officiating. Interment will be at the family graveyard at Dry Lake Ranch. Ward’s Klamath Funeral Home, Klamath Falls, is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Ackley was born April 26, 1915, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Edward and Nellie May (Roberts) Lynam.

When she was 1 year old, she moved with her family to Kansas, where she was raised.

She later moved back to Pocatello.

During World War II, she was a welder on airplanes and corresponded with Orvin Ackley II, who was in the Army. When he returned from the Aleutian Islands Campaign, they were married on March 6, 1945, in Pocatello.







They made their first home in McCleary, Wash., and were involved in a logging operation there with her husband’s brother and father.

In 1948, they won a veteran’s homestead at Copic Bay in the Tule Lake drawings, moved to Tulelake, developed a ranch and started a cattle herd with the purchase of land near Dry Lake.

Mrs. Ackley was a founding member of the Newell Baptist Church, which initially met in the theatre building of the Japanese Internment Camp. Later, she and her husband helped in the new church building project.

After they retired, they enjoyed traveling, mostly to Alaska, Montana, and the South. Following the death of her husband, she continued traveling throughout the United States.

She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Orvin and Kathy Ackley III of Tulelake; daughter and son-in-law, Nelda and Gerald Herman of Merrill; grandsons and their wives, Vern and Carol Jensen of Malin, John and Heather Bunker and Kevin and Jennifer Herman of Klamath Falls and Orvin “Lucky” Ackley IV of Tulelake; granddaughters and their husbands, Rhonda and Joe Hemphill of Tulelake, Diane Patterson of Merrill, Robin and Bill Heinrich of Klamath Falls and Joelle and Gary Wilson of Castaic, Calif.; and great-grandchildren, Josh and Tanya Jensen, Jessica and Kendra Hemphill, Kyle and Shelby Patterson, Ashley Heinrich, Chad and Daniel Heiney, Melody Smith, Scotty Pike, Salena Smith and Andrew Price.

Memorial donations may be made to the Heart Association, 1425 NE Irving, Suite No. 100, Portland, OR 97232-4201.
She was buried on 18 Oct 2001 in Dry Lake Ranch.⁶⁹ Her Social Security Number was 514-01-8218 KS. Orvin Ray ACKLEY II and Berneta Mae LYNAM had the following children:

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