Alma LoRene Seckel Akins passed away on July 9th, 2023, in Denton, TX, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on March 7, 1937, to Alma Fredericka Laura (Otto) and George Franz Seckel in Tecumseh, OK. She was the youngest of six children. She met Jack Walton Akins at the McLoud Blackberry Festival, and they were married on January 21, 1955, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Shawnee, OK. They h...