Gilbert, AZ - Elizabeth Bunting Ackerman, 52, of Gilbert, AZ died Thursday, December 31, 2020, with her brother and husband by her side after an extended battle with cancer.
Elizabeth, or Liz as she would like to be known, was born in
Durham, NC in 1968 and was the daughter of James Blair Bunting Sr, and Carolyn
Elizabeth Hackney Bunting. On August 31, 2002 she married David J. Ackerman in
Raleigh, NC.
Liz graduated from Charles E Jordan High School, in Durham,
NC in 1986. After High School, Liz went on to complete her degree in Speech and
Language Pathology from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, in 1992. In 1999, she earned her Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree from Hawaii Pacific University and worked in various medical and
cardiac nursing positions in North Carolina including the University of North
Carolina Hospitals and Wake Medical Hospitals, before moving to Arizona with
her family, where she worked in patient care as well as administrative nursing
positions later in her career. More
recently, Liz worked with Banner Health as a Case manager and with Honor Health
Systems as a RN Auditor.
Liz was known by her many friends and coworkers as kind,
loving, caring and fun-loving, a devoted mother and a professional colleague of
integrity. Despite her strength and
sturdiness, she was an empathic and gentle soul with an interest in the
well-being of others, and a keen sense of what was right.
Liz was a dedicated mother, volunteering at Mesquite
Elementary School, South Valley Junior High School, and Campo Verde High
School. She took great joy in her
children, and actively supported Elyse’s music endeavors at Campo Verde High
School, Gilbert Town Fiddlers and Youth Symphony of the Southwest, and
Mitchell’s love of hockey and participation in several sports.
Liz was predeceased by her father, mother, and mother-in-law
Delores D. Ackerman.
In addition to her husband and children, Liz is survived by her
brother, Dr. James Blair Bunting Jr. (Dr. Anne Hedges Horst) of Washington, DC,
her father-in-law Robert C. Ackerman of Wellsville, NY, sister-in-law Dianna M.
Ackerman, of Wellsville, NY, brothers-in-law Robert S. Ackerman of Olean, NY,
and Thomas C. (Dawn) Ackerman of Fuquay-Varina, NC and many aunts, uncles,
cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A local memorial service will be planned for those who knew
and loved Liz and will be announced at a future date. A private service will be held at York’s
Corners Cemetery, Willing, NY, at a later date.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in
memory of Elizabeth to The Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) Association https://www.lfsassociation.org/donate/,
contributions can be made for Elyse and Mitchell Ackerman College Fund via
Zelle to ForSweetLiz@gmail.com, or to a charity of your choice in Liz’s name.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.buelermortuary.com.
