Sackett, Ernest LeRoy

Sackett, Ernest LeRoy

Male 1928 - 2010  (81 years)

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  • Name Sackett, Ernest LeRoy  [1
    Born 31 Aug 1928  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Mar 2010  Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Hawthorne Memorial Gardens, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I35907  Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2013 

    Father Sackett, Elmer Alvin,   b. 7 May 1891, Portland, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1959, Sacramento County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Gifford, Eudora Minnie,   b. 28 Aug 1899, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown 
    Married 3 Jun 1923  Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Washington State Archives - Digital Archives
      Record Series: Marriage Records
      Collection: Spokane County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1880-2013
      County: Spokane
      Document Number: easpmca33260
      Groom's Name: Elmer Sackett
      Bride's Name: Eudore M Gifford
      Marriage Date: Jun 3 1923
      County: Jun 4 1923
      Notes: Spokane
    Children 2 children 
     1. Sackett, Marvin E.,   b. 30 May 1924, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1993, Sacramento County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Sackett, Ernest LeRoy,   b. 31 Aug 1928, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 2010, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     
    Family ID F23121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Paulsen, Esther L.,   b. 29 Nov 1928, Canton, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 2012, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1971  Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F12887  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Aug 1928 - Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1971 - Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Mar 2010 - Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hawthorne Memorial Gardens, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCQQ-5BJ
      1930 Census; Spokane, Spokane, Washington
      District: 0025
      Household ID: 23
      Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
      Line Number: 89
      Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 2515
      GS Film number: 2342249
      Digital Folder Number: 4547533
      Image Number: 00871
      Son; Ernest L Sackett, M, 1, Washington
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      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K93J-PGN
      1940 Census; Area D, Spokane, Spokane City, Spokane, Washington
      Son; Ernest Sackett, M, 11, Washington
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      Find A Grave Memorial
      Ernest LeRoy Sackett
      Birth: Aug. 31, 1928; Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA
      Death: Mar. 8, 2010; Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA

      Ernest LeRoy Sackett, 81, of Grants Pass died Monday, March 8, 2010, at his home.

      A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday at Faith Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steve Burman, pastor, officiating. Private interment was at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Chapel of the Valley - L.B. Hall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

      Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Baptist Church, 3405 Williams Highway, Grants Pass, OR 97527.

      Ernest was born August 31, 1928 in Spokane, Washington. He attended Eastern Washington State College and Western State and received his bachelor's degree in elementary education from Southern Oregon College in 1960. He took advanced courses in Library Science at Southern Oregon College and San Jose State University. He came to Grants Pass in 1956 from Spokane.

      He taught for two years in Idaho, one year in Washington State and one in California before beginning employment with the Grants Pass School District, where he was a teacher for 10 years and a librarian for 16 years.

      In 1971 in Grants Pass, he married Esther L. Paulsen, who survives him.

      Sackett was the author of eleven books or booklets and in the 1980s was listed in both the national and international" Who's Who" of writers, editors and poets, especially for his "Rhyme with Ease" rhyming dictionary.

      After retiring from educational work, he devoted his time to locating and selling old and rare books and to developing a library at Faith Baptist Church. He loved to sing and to travel.

      In addition to his wife, Esther, he is survived by a nephew, Dennis Sackett of Orangevale, California.

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Esther L. Paulsen Sackett (1928 - 2012)

      Burial:
      Hawthorne Memorial Gardens, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA

      Created by: Alvin Oglesby
      Record added: Jan 06, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 83052219
      Headstone picture added by: Mark Johnson

  • Sources 
    1. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 83052219 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S888] Washington State Digital Archives, (http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/), Certificate #33260 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 94939558; Memorial# 83052219 (Reliability: 3).


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