In Loving Memory
M. Louise Sackett
May 22, 1925 - October 9, 2021

VISITATION
Friday, October 15, 2021
10:00 - 11:00 A.M.
First United Methodist Church
Emmetsburg, Iowa

SERVICE
Friday, October 15, 2021
11:00 A.M.
First United Methodist Church
Emmetsburg, Iowa

INURNMENT
Evergreen Cemetery
Emmetsburg, Iowa

M. Louise Sackett passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021 at the Emmetsburg Care Center at the age of 96. Although fully vaccinated, Louise died from complications of Covid-19.

Louise was the first born to John and Marie Jamison in Valley Junction, IA on May 22 , 1925.  She grew up on a farm in West Des Moines, attended a country school to 6 ^th grade, Adel through 8 ^th grade and High School in Van Meter.  She then attended American Institute of Business in Des Moines and upon graduation worked at Standard Oil Corporate in Des Moines.

Louise met Bob Sackett in High School in Van Meter and, upon his discharge from the army after WWII, they were married in the Methodist Church in Van Meter on December 2, 1945.

Bob graduated with a music degree from Drake University.  Bob was the music director in Elkhart and Van Meter before they moved to Emmetsburg in 1953.

Louise worked as the bookkeeper at Sterling Lumber and Iowa Lakes Community College until retirement.  The family lived in the same house for 60 years and then Louise moved to Emerald Oaks Assisted Living in 2016.

Louise was a member of Pythians and served as its Grand Chief in Iowa. She also served on many Committees and Circles at the First United Methodist Church in Emmetsburg.

Louise loved to sew, do crafts and made quilts for all her children and grandchildren.  She loved to travel and had many adventures with her husband to Europe and across the U.S.  They loved boating and camping, spending many winters in the Rio Grande area of Texas.

Louise was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, in 2012.  She is survived by Roberta Craven (Howard), Waterloo; Ron Sackett (Rosie), Bloomington, MN; Roger Sackett (Kitty), Inver Grove Heights, MN.  She had 9 grandchildren,17 great grandchildren and counting.

Memorials may directed to:
First United Methodist Church, Emmetsburg
Hospice of Palo Alto County

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home