Hilda Akers, age 96, of Dows passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services for Hilda Akers will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at First Lutheran Church of Dows. Pastor Ron Nelson will officiate. Burial will be at Otis Grove Cemetery east of Dows. Visitation for Hilda Akers will be held from 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. Wednesday at the church. Dugger Funeral Home, 100 North Lee Street in Dows is in charge of arrangements. Hilda, the daughter of Jens and Lillie Peterson Christensen, was born September 22, 1916 near Dows in Oakland Township. She grew up there and attended country school. Hilda then attended and graduated from Popejoy High School in 1934. She moved to a farm north of Hampton. It was during this time that Hilda worked at a bakery and grocery store in Hampton. Hilda was united in marriage to J. Maurice Akers on October 12, 1941. The couple made their home on the Akers family farm near Dows. Hilda worked at home as a housewife and mother. Maurice passed away in 1973, and soon after Hilda moved to Dows. She lived there until moving to Ashbrook Assisted Living in Iowa Falls in 2011. Hilda was a devoted member of First Lutheran Church in Dows. She sewed numerous quilts at the church and was still knitting baby sweaters prior to her death. She is remembered as an avid reader. Hilda is survived by her children, Joyce Davis and husband Michael of DeSoto, WI, Linda Dow and husband Curtis of Dows, Janet Van Overmeer and husband Al of Sioux Falls, SD, John Akers and wife Ann of Charlotte, NC, son-in-law Phil Borleske of Vinton. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, sister Ethel Spencer of California, sister-in-law Ileene Christensen of Charles City and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Maurice, daughter Phyllis in 2012, great grandson John Hepperlen, sister Marie Gaard, and two brothers, Leo and Nels Christensen.