January 1901 - Albion-Ben Ackerman, 71, retired merchant, died Sunday night at this home here following a heart attack. Mr. Ackerman, a native of Ligonier, was in the mercantile business here 33 years. He was a member of the Albion Masonic Lodge and the Ligonier Elks Lodge. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Louis Goldberg, Milwaukee, Wis. and a number of nieces and nephews. The body is at the Bonham & Miser Funeral House, where friends may call after noon today. Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Rabbi Frederic A. Dopplet of Fort Wayne officiating. Burial will be in Oak Park Cemetery at Ligonier.