Ione
Sackett, 63
Erskine
- Ione Sackett, 63, of Erskine, passed away on
Friday, Nov. 7, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks,
N.D. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on
Friday, Nov. 
14,
at Grace Lutheran Church in Erskine with the Rev.
Peter Satren officiating. Interment will be in Lima
Cemetery, rural Winger. Visitation will be held for
one hour prior to the service on Friday at the
church. The Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home of Erskine
is in charge of the arrangements.
Ione
Cecelia Ricke was born on April 18, 1940 in
Woodside Township, rural Erskine, to Charles and
Julia (Worden) Ricke. She grew up in Woodside
Township and graduated from Erskine High School.
She
was married to Walter Patterson. She was married to
Donald Brumwell and to this union, four children
were born, Clyde, Leslie, Fay and Glen. They
resided in Erskine and Aurora, while Donald worked
in the mines and the military.
She
was married to Harold Keeler and they lived in
Frazee, Hawley and Erskine. On July 6, 1990, she
was united in marriage to James Sackett, and they
made their home in Erskine.
Over
the years, Ione did maintenance and housekeeping
work in the area, including at the Union Lake-Lake
Sarah Campground, the Embassy Community Center in
Fosston, and Koehler Floral in Fosston.
Ione
was a long-time, active Embassy member and sang
with the Ambassadors of Praise Gospel singers for a
number of years. She was also President of the
Compassionate Friends for Bereaved Parents which
covered the counties of Polk, Mahnomen, Red Lake,
Clearwater, and Norman.
Survivors
include her husband, Jim of Erskine; one son,
Leslie Brumwell of Grafton, N.D.; and one daughter,
Fay Aldrich of Mesa, Ariz.; one granddaughter; one
brother, Duane Ricke of Mesa, Ariz.; and two
sisters, Ina Harms of Grand Forks, N.D., and
Beverly Sande of Erskine. Many nieces, nephews and
cousins also survive.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; two sons,
Clyde and Glen; one brother, Raymond; and two
sisters, June and Junis (Tootsie).
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