Newspaper Abstracts, Montana

10 records

  • The Montana Record-Herald, Helena, Montana, 22 Oct 1880, p 3
    Married. Sackett—Budd.—At Fort Ellis, October 14th, 1880, by Rev. F. B. Lewis, Mr. T. B. Sackett to Miss Elizabeth Budd.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The New North-West, Deer Lodge, Montana, 17 Aug 1888
    "Mr. H. Ackley Sackett, a lightning silhouette artist, hailing from New York City, is on the flanks of the Montana racing circuit this season, and is profiling our people as expertly as did the masters of his art when, fifty years ago, before the camera came in use, it was about the only method by which the mass of people could have the counterfeit presentment of their features preserved. Sackett's silhouettes will remain by the thousand in Montana after he has gone again to Gotham."
    [Transcribed from Library of Congress image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana, 15 Jul 1900, p 11
    Early in June there was organised in this city the Butte Tennis club, among the more progressive and popular young men of the city. ... leading members are ... Charles E. Sackett, ... .
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Bozeman Courier, Bozeman, Montana, 19 Apr 1910, p 5
    T. B. Sackett Dies Suddenly
    The good people of Bozeman and vicinity were severely shocked early Sunday evening by the report that T. B. Sackett, one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of this city, had died very suddenly upon the street.
    Mr. Sackett had been trout fishing with some of his friends and was apparently in the best of health and spirits. Upon his return to town in the early evening he took supper with his family and had been distributing his day's catch among friends when he was overtaken by the grim reaper. He was homeward bound at about 8:30 when he suddenly fell to the side walk in front of the H. B. McCay residence. Friends who saw him fall rushed to his side and he was at ouce conveyed to his home on South Tracy avenue and a doctor was summoned but the unfortunate man was beyond human help when medical aid arrived. The cause of his death was apoplexy.
    Theopolis B. Sackett was born in Cape Vincent, in Northern New York, on May 2, 1835, and his youth was spent in the Empire state. When he was a lad he was very fond of sailing and took many trips on the Great Lakes and on the Atlantic as the guest of the ships' officers. So familiar was he with the lake craft that he could tell the name of a vessel as soon as he could discern her rigging.
    During the 50s Mr. Sackett was prominently connected with the construction of the Southern Overland stage route from Leavenworth, Kan., to the Pacific coast, being at that time in the employe of the government.
    In 1863 he came to Montana and placer mined in Virginia City and Last Chance gulch. He at one time had a placer gold mine on Cedar creek from which he washed $300 per day. In 1872 he came to the Gallatin valley and became associated with Senator C. W. Hoffman, who was then sutler at Fort Ellis.
    Mr. Sackett remained at Fort Ellis until 1877, when he removed to Bozeman, where he has resided ever since. He and Senator Hoffman were the first to receive the news of the Custer massacre in June, 1876, while they were located at the fort.
    Mr. Sackett was a member of one of the oldest families in New York and one of the best known families in the United States. His brother, the late Brigadier-General Delos B. Sackett, was at one time inspector general of the United States army, with only Major General Phil Sheridan above him. He served with distinction in the Mexican and civil wars and was one of the most popular men in the army. His son, Niel Sackett, of New York, is a millionaire. The latter paid a visit to Bozeman about three years ago.
    The deceased's father was a physician and a very prominent man.
    Mr. Sackett, though 75 years of age, did not look over 65 and was very active for a man of his years, as may be guessed from the fact that he whipped the trout streams in the vicinity of Bozeman all day Sunday with men many years his junior. Those who know him say there never lived a better man than he. He thought the world of his family and they of him and he made many sacrifices for them.
    He is survived by one sister in Cape Vincent, several nephews and nieces in New York and Mineapolis besides Mrs. Sackett and five children—Charles Sackett, county surveyor of Park county, Mrs. Francis Johnson of Willow Creek and Misses Fanny, Natalie and Anna of this city. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Episcopal and the following gentlemen and intimate friends of Mr. Sackett acting as pallbearers: Gen. L. S. Willson, Jos. Kountz, C. W. Hoffman, W. A. Stotesberry, J. W. Ponsford and E. M. Ferris. The interment will be made in the Bozeman cemetery.
    Mr. Sackett had often expressed a wish that when the time came for him to answer the final summons it might come without warning and without lingering illness and in granting him his wish the grim reaper deprived Bozeman of one of her best citizens.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Butte Miner, Butte, Montana, 1 May 1917, Tue, Page 14
    "LEWISTOWN COURTS
    Lewistown, April 29— … Mrs. Hattie Huxtable has been granted a divorce from Elmer Huxtable on the grounds of cruelty and failure to provide."
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Ted Smith]
  • Judith Basin Press, Stanford, Montana, 14 Mar 1957, p 3
    Mr. and Mrs. John Sackett are the proud parents of a baby daughter born Friday, March 8th. The little girl, whose name is Nancy Jane, has two brothers, Johnny and Jimmy, to welcome her.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, 2 Jun 1972, p 10
    Mrs. Sackett
    Moccasin — Mrs. Lucy Rose Sackett, 55, Moccasin, was killed in a car accident Wednesday east of Windham.
    She was born March 1, 1917, in Lewistown, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Skaggs. She attended school at Lewistown and graduated from Moccasin High School in 1935. She was married to John Sackett in 1933 [sic: 1943] in Lewistown.
    Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Cloyd Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Ron McConkey, First Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Moccasin Cemetery.
    Survivors include the widower; two sons, John Jr., Butte, and Jim, Melstone; a daughter, Nancy, at home; two brothers, Henry, Mountain View, Calif., and Harold, Tanzania, Africa; and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Johnson, Moore, and Mrs. Pete Boettger, Lewistown.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, 16 Jan 1975, p 6
    Sackett
    Lewistown — John W. Sackett, 82, Stanford, died Tuesday night in a Malta hospital after a short illness.
    He was born Jan. 1, 1893, near Springfield, Ill., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Sackett. He attended school in Illinois and spent his early life on a farm near Blue Mound, Ill. In 1927 he moved to Montana and farmed near Moccasin until his retirement in 1957. He continued to live on the farm until 1972, when he moved to Stanford.
    In 1943, he married Lucy R. Skaggs in Lewistown.
    Survivors include a son, John; and a daughter, Nancy Sackett, both of Stanford.
    Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Cloyd Funeral Chapel in Lewistown, with the Rev. Ron Brown of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Moccasin Cemetery.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
  • The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana, 14 Jan 1990, p 13
    Beatrice M. LaRoque
    Kalispell — Beatrice Marie LaRoque, 80, of Kalispell, died of natural causes Friday, Jan. 12, at the Flathead County Care Center.
    She was born June 4, 1909, at Bradley, Mich., to Fred and Bessie Maude Olmstead Sackett. Her parents established a homestead at Wolf Point, where they lived until two years of drought forced them to move back to Michigan in 1925.
    She and her brothers and sisters stayed to sell remaining cattle and household possessions before returning to Michigan in 1926. While in Michigan, she worked at a paper mill and box factory and later trained as a meat cutter.
    In 1930, she married Harold Francis McNeil in Michigan. The family moved to Kalispell in the summer of 1947, where they built a home on property adjacent to Mr. McNeils's parents. She worked as a waitress in several local restaurants, including the Temple Tea Room and Hennessey's.
    The couple returned to Michigan from 1958-1962 and later moved to Santee, Calif., to be close to her two daughters. She returned to Kalispell in 1977 and had resided there since.
    Mrs. LaRoque was a member of the Community Alliance Church.
    Survivors include a son, Keith L. McNeil, Corvallis; three daughters, Joyce E. Pyles, Union, Ore.; Donna M. Rail, Grass Valley, Calif.; and Carol Williams, Kalispell; three brothers, Herbert and Dick Sackett, both of Kalamazoo, Mich.; and Bernard Sackett, Stevensville, Mich.; two sisters, Jean Hewitt, Allegan, Mich.; and Vivian Heineman, Oroville, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
    Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Community Alliance Church with the Rev. Paul Gunther officiating. Private family burial has taken place at Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
    The family suggests memorials to Community Alliance Church, co "Workbench Ladies," 348 2nd Ave., W., Kalispell, Mont., 59901.
    [Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Ted Smith]
  • Judith Basin Press, Montana, 26 Apr 2025
    Nancy Sackett Obituary
    Nancy Jane Sackett enjoyed her last sunset on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at her home in Lewistown surrounded by friends and family. She was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewistown on March 8, 1957 to John Wallace Sackett Sr. and Lucy Rose Skaggs Sackett.
    Nancy was raised on the family farm at Moccasin by her parents and two older brothers, Johnny and Jimmy. She felt very blessed and was extremely close to her mom and was grateful that her brothers spoiled her in many ways. She was very lucky to have this family and the Judith Basin area in which to belong. The tight knit community was very special to her which is why she never left the area. Her early years in Moccasin shaped her life as she felt she grew up in God's country with strong memories that resonated throughout her life. She attended school in Moccasin through 4th grade then (after the school closed) went to Stanford where she graduated in 1975.
    After high school Nancy went to the Montana Technical University in Butte for a year and then transferred to Montana State University in Bozeman where she graduated with a degree in Business Finance.
    One summer (while in college), Nancy volunteered at the Lewistown Public Library and this was the beginning of an era. Nancy was hired as a Library Aide in 1985. She went on to be in the library world for the next 40 years and was able to continue to work until a few weeks before she passed. Nancy started the successful senior outreach program in 1999. She took library materials to the assisted living homes in the area as well as senior facilities and homebound library patrons.
    Nancy excelled as the fiction librarian - she knew what the community loved to read. Nancy also managed Inter-library Loan for the library and there was not an item she could not find or get for someone. Nancy made sure that people had access to books no matter where they were - she knew how much stories meant to everyone, and Nancy was a true sharer of stories. Nancy was a fan of the underdog and supportive of all walks of life - she was able to talk to anyone and enjoyed talking to people one on one about their interests and their lives.
    Nancy's favorite book of all time was East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Nancy herself was a wonderful writer and voracious reader and made a huge impact on patrons over the many years she was at the library. She created a legacy that will be forever honored at the Lewistown Public Library.
    Nancy was a one-of-a-kind, warm, bright, loving and loyal friend with a strong wit and a rich sense of humor. Regardless of miles and distance she was always available to talk or listen to her friends through good or bad or anything in between. She was a rare gem who didn't judge and always encouraged the best in those around her.
    Nancy had a deep faith in God and for many years was involved with the Episcopal Church, which included going on a Cursillo with a friend. As an election worker she encouraged people to vote. Her children were her animals, her beloved sheep and over the years she had many cats and turtles.
    She loved her job at the Lewistown Library (a lifelong passion that began in high school) and the friendships and connections she made with people young to old over the years.
    Nancy was a beautiful soul-always caring, always thoughtful. She had a special way of making everyone feel seen, remembered, and deeply loved. Whether through a kind word, a gentle smile, or simply keeping others always in her thoughts, Nancy's presence brought comfort and joy to all who knew her.
    We'll miss you more than words can ever say-but we'll carry you with us, always. Endlessly loved, forever missed."
    Nancy is survived by her loving nephews; Miguel (Ashley) Ramirez, children Joseph and Freyja, and Jorge (Karen) Ramirez children, Alanna, Leonel, and Liliana, all from El Paso, TX.
    At Nancy's request there will be a private service for close family and friends. An open house celebrating the life of Nancy Sackett will be held at the Lewistown Public Library on Friday May 2nd from noon to 4pm.
    Donations can be made in Nancy's name to the Library Book Fund at the Central Montana Foundation.
    Arrangements are under the care of Creel Funeral Home. Nancy's family and friends can share memories and condolences at www.creelfuneralhome.com
    [Transcribed from Legacy.com by Chris Sackett]