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                        | HELSEA, Okla. -- Richard  Henry Akers, 58, draftsman at the former Hesston Corp., died  Dec. 24, 2000, at St. Francis of Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla. |  |  
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                        | He was born Jan. 30, 1942, to Howard Brooks and Opal Edna (Arf) Akers  in Newton. His father preceded him in death.Survivors include:  his mother; a son, R. Dwayne Akers of Tucson, Ariz.; two  daughters, Diona Polanowski of Baltimore, Md., and Diana Fasbender of  Goddard; two brothers, Donald Akers of Alabama and Darrel Akers  of Highland Home, Ala.; a sister, Karen Curry of Wichita; and eight  grandchildren. |  |  |