Hey All,
My paternal grandfather, James LeRoy Ackman, Jr. divorced my grandmother(Dorothy Marie Willard) in 1957, and no one in my family has heard from him since 1960. **He often went by "Roy"** My grandmother passed away in 2007, and my father (James Kent Ackman, b. 1954) and I would really like to make one last attempt to locate him before it's "too late."
James LeRoy Ackman, Jr. was born in Macomb, IL in 1927...served in the Army around WWII(1946)...later served in the USAF at Scott AFB (IL), Eglin AFB (FL; 548th AF Band 1957-1958), & later at Bolling AFB (Washington, DC). He has a Master's level education (Ohio State, 1953), and--in the 1950s, at least--was starting his career as a band instructor. He briefly taught at Galena High School (Galena, IL) as the band instructor, but I can't honestly say that we have ANY idea what he could be doing now...
He was/is the only child of James LeRoy Ackman, Sr. and Alma Etta Bubb, both of whom passed away decades ago.

I do have a few other tidbits of information about him, but I think this should be enough information to spark someone's memory, etc.


P.S. If anyone who knows him DOES happen to run onto this post (and I hope they DO!), please let him know that we genuinely would love to get in touch with him if he's interested in seeing his second-born son, Jim,and his 26-year-old granddaughter, Katie.

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide.

Katie Ackman