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Thurmon King's New Sackett Family Database
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Carson, Matt |
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Male |
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Unknown [1] |
| Person ID |
I49770 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2018 |
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- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2018.
Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa), 10 Jul 1990, Tue, Main Edition, Page 17
Wilber Wilson Sackett
SPENCER, Iowa - Wilber Wilson Sackett, 91, of Spencer died Sunday, July 8, 1990, in Spencer.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Warner Chapel in Spencer with the Rev. David Nash officiating. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery in Spencer with military graveside services conducted by Glen Pedersen Post 1, American Legion of Spencer. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Mr. Sackett was born March 11, 1899, in Carroll, the son of Frank A. and Ida (Wilson) Sackett He lived his childhood in Carroll, Webster City and Des Moines. At age 17 he enlisted in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Upon discharge lie attended Drake University and received a law degree in 1923. He married Edith Rose Murphy Oct. 27, 1927, in Des Moines. He practiced law in Des Moines and Red Oak prior to coming to Spencer in 1929 to join the firm of J.W. Corey and Son. He retired in 1977. Mrs. Sackett died March 16, 1987.
Mr. Sackett served as Spencer city attorney for several years. After his retirement, he was recognized and honored for more than 50 years of service to the legal profession by the Clay County Third Judicial District and Iowa State Bar associations. He was a past president of the Clay County Bar Association. He also held memberships in Iowa and American Bar associations. He was active in community affairs, serving on numerous Chamber and fair committees.
He was a past commander and 70-year member of the American Legion and a charter member of Glen Pedersen Post 1. He was a longtime Clay County War Bond chairman and member of the VFW and First Christian Church. He was a recent member of SCORE and Golden K Kiwanis. He was a past president and longtime secretary and treasurer of the Spencer Golf and Country Club.
In 1958 the couple were named Drake Parents of the Year by Drake University. In 1976 he received the prestigious Drake Double D Lettermans Award.
Survivors include a son, R.W. "Bill" Sackett and his wife. Judge Rosemary Sackett of Okoboji; three daughters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Alan Fleming of Minneapolis, Sarah and Dr. Harry Eich of East Lansing, Mich., and Mary and Mel Coffman of California; a sister, Louise Wadsworth of Des Moines; 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, John; a grandson, Matt Carson; a brother, George and a sister, Harriet Black. Memorials have been established in his name with the Iowa Bar Foundation for Legal Heritage and Glen Pedersen Post 1, American Legion.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
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