Lester W "Red" Sackett
Newspaper (title not recorded) obituary, 21 Jan 1980
"Red Sackett, 65.
Funeral services for Lester W. (Red) Sackett, 65, of Wolverine, will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Schneider Funeral Home in Indian River. Rev James Hempstead of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church will officiate and burial will be in Silver Lake Cemetery.
Mr. Sackett died Jan. 19 at Little Traverse Division of Northern Michigan Hospitals, after a long illness.
He was born May 11, 1914 in Detroit. In 1868 he married the former Esther Sackett and the couple moved to Wolverine in 1972.
Mr. Sackett was in quality control for Ford Motor Co., retiring in 1972.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Lester L. Sackett of Boston, Mass.; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Virginia) Roberts of Dundee and Dr. Mary Lou Sackett of Tecumseh; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Shurley Sackett of Milan; one sister, Mrs. Leo (Aliera) Long of Milan.
Friends may call at the Schneider Funeral Home."
—Burials Register, Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan (http://www.gwood.us)