Betty Ackerman
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Betty Ackerman
Preps prescriptions for
long-term care customers. |
Betty Ackerman started to work for Morton Drug Co. in 1973. Many considered her the friendly face of their pharmacy at 108 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Neenah, where she worked as a clerk until the flagship location closed in 2004.
Betty now works at the closed shop pharmacy where she preps prescriptions for Morton's long-term care customers. After 34 years with family business, she's literally watched the family and the company grow up.
"I've know the kids since they were born. Steve (Morton, the present-day CEO) and I joke that he used to fill my soda cooler at the store and I was his boss!"
Betty spent most of her years working alongside Peter Morton, the pharmacist for the downtown store.
"He hired me, and he was always a really nice man to work for. We grew old together. When he left me (to retire), I thought to myself, 'I'm gonna try to stay till I'm 70, too.'"
