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R. M. Sackett Dies Suddenly
     Death came suddenly Friday night to Robert M. Sackett, 58, assistant superintendent of the pipeline division of the Ohio Oil Co.. Wyoming division. Death was caused by a heart attack.
     Mr. Sackett was born in Central City, Neb., Aug. 19, 1891, and was reared in Council Bluffs, Ia. He attended the local schools there and later, the Union Pacific signal school in nearby Omaha, Neb. He then worked for a time in Omaha for the local light and power company, but found he was more interested in construction and obtained a job with the Union Pacific. During this employment he became well acquainted with almost the entire Rockv Mountain and Pacific areas.
Worked in Alaska
     Mr. Sackett spent several years in Alaska working for both the British and United States governments and for various mining and power companies, including the White Horse Power Co. in the Alaskan interior. He also spent some time in the Klondike and one winter carried mail out of Fairbanks via dog team.
     After returning to the United States Mr. Sackett was employed by the Montana Power Co., but this employment was interrupted by World War I, and he enlisted and served for some time in France with the 316th Engineers. Following his discharge from the army at Fort Russell, Wyo., he spent some months working for the Bell Telephone Co. in Wyoming.
     He has been with the Ohio Oil Co. in Casper for some years and in 1940 was appointed general superintendent of the Wyoming pipeline division. He served in this capacity until 1946 when he suffered a heart attack and asked to be relieved of some of his duties. He was then appointed assistant superintendent.
Funeral Tuesday
     Mr. Sackett was a member of Excelsior Lodge No. 259, A., F. and A. M.. Council Bluffs and Wyoming Consistory.
     He is survived by his widow, Mary Bean Sackett, a daughter, Mary Susan, now Mrs. A. F. Denes of Chicago, Ill; a son, Robert M. Sackett, Jr., and two grandchildren, Susan Marie Sackett and Robert Andrew Denes.
     Services are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at 2 from the chapel of the Bustard Funeral Home.

—Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming, 11 Sep 1949, p 16

Robert M. Sackett
Word was received here Saturday of the death of a former resident, Robert M Sackett, 58, superintendent of the Rocky Mountain division of the Ohio Oil company at Jasper, Wyo.
     Born at Central City, Neb, Sackett moved to Council Bluffs 50 years ago where he lived until after he returned from service in world war I. He was a member of Masonic Excelsior lodge 259 in Council Bluffs, and of the Casper American Legion post.
     Survivors are his widow, Mary, a daughter, Mrs Mary Denes of Chicago; a son, Robert, jr, of Casper, two brothers, A. V. Sackett of Waterloo, ard Dwight P Sackett of Sunnyside, Wash; a sister, Mrs Hazel Sackett Young of Council Bluffs; and two grandchildren.
     Funeral services and burial were at Casper.

—The Daily Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2 Oct 1949, p 11

Mary (Bean) Sackett
     Basin—Services for Wyoming pioneer, Mary (Bean) Sackett, 93, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Basin by Rev. Philip Mills.
     Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Highland Cemetery in Casper by Rev. Grayson Gowen.
     Mrs. Sackett died Jan. 4, 1991, in Basin. She was born July 6, 1897, in Winterset, Iowa, to Elihu and Grace (Gilpin) Bean. On March 23, 1907, she moved with her parents to Fremont County, where they homesteaded near the Owl Creek Mountains, known as the Bean Ranch and now the Arapahoe Ranch. She was educated by her parents on the ranch, returned to Winterset for two years of high school and then attended school for one year in Shoshoni. She attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., and studied violin in New York. She played violin with the Kriens Symphony Orchestra in New York City.
     On July 6, 1921, she married Robert McKinley Sackett. They lived in Thermopolis and Shoshoni before moving to Casper. Mrs. Sackett was a member of the Casper Philharmonic and a past president of Chapter G, PEO.
     Following the death of her husband in 1949, she moved to Basin and in recent years she had lived at the Bonnie Bluejacket Nursing Home. Mrs. Sackett wrote news from the Big Horn Basin area for many newspapers, including the Billings Gazette, Casper Star-Tribune, Greybull Standard and Northern Wyoming Daily News of Worland. She helped organize the Craig Stoelk Search and Rescue in Big Horn County. She was a 64-year member of PEO, Chapter AN, and was a 57-year member of Lewisia Chapter No. 16, Order of Eastern Star. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Marion Tanner Post. Mrs. Sackett organized a "Fun Band" in Basin and was active until her illness. Survivors are two children, Sue Denes of Chicago and Bob Sackett of Riverton; four grandchildren, Susan Harris, Bob Denes, Linda Howard and Karen Lange; five great-grandchildren; and other relatives. Memorials to the Basin Library, in care of the Security State Bank in Basin, would be appreciated by the family. The Atwood Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

—Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming, 9 Jan 1991, p 14

William L. Sackett, 91, of West Hartford, husband of the late Margaret (Carey) Sackett, died Saturday (June 8, 1991) at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Revere, Mass., he had lived in West Hartford for 40 years. He was a retired vice president with the former Roberts, Steele & Dolan, wholesale grocers. Mr. Sackett was a long time member of the Kiwanis Club of West Hartford, the West Hartford Squires, and the Golf Club of Avon. He leaves his daughters, Marjorie S. Abbott of Wethersfield, Marian L. Sackett of West Hartford, Margaret A. Sackett of Orlando, Fla., Ann S. Irving of St. Charles, Mo; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Tuesday, 9:30 a.m., from the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford with a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, West Hartford. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3-5 and 7-8 p.m. Donations in his memory may be made to St. Elizabeth House, 118 Main St., Hartford 06103.

—Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, 10 Jun 1991, p 20