Joseph Ackerman, 99, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Providence, R.I., died May 26. He was the husband of Dorothy (Green) Ackerman. He was the son of the late Isaac and Eva (Nachbar) Ackerman. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Marshall Ackerman of Stamford, Richard Ackerman and his wife Noreen, formerly of Woonsocket and Warren, RI, and Phyllis Kochavi and her husband Doron, of La Canada, Calif.; his grandchildren, Jeffrey Ackerman and his wife Staci, Brian Ackerman and his wife Sandra, Jennifer Ackerman, Ari Kochavi, and Danielle Kochavi; and his great-grandchildren, Jamie and Rachel Ackerman, and Isabella and George Ackerman. He was predeceased by his daughter-in-law Joyce Ackerman, his sisters Anne Cohen and Frances Schwartz, and brother Irving Ackerman. SUGARMAN SINAI