Crawfordsville Journal Review 8-Jun-1964 5: 4- Mary Sackmire Dies In Hospital; Services
Tuesday- KINGMAN- Mrs. Mary Sackmire, 84, died Saturday morning in St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital at Danville, Ill. where she had been a patient 10 days. Mrs. Sackmire had been
visiting a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Hoover, at Danville when she became ill. Born Sept. 2, 1880
in Parke County, she was a daughter of William and Martha Monroe Doss Mitchell. She
married Albert Sackmire, who died several years ago. Mrs. Sackmire was a member of the
Centennial EUB Church. Survivors include the daughter with whom she had been visiting and
three other daughters, Miss Mae Sackmire of Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Doris Wallace of
Dallas and Mrs. Mildred Grannan of Indianapolis; two sons, Harold of near Kingman and
Lloyd of Lafayette; a sister, Mrs. Jess Holland of near Marshall; 14 grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Lex; two brothers and four
sisters.
The body was brought to Woodrow Funeral Hoe here. Funeral services will be conducted at 2
p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sackmire Cemetery five miles east of
here. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Monday.