Ruth L. Sackmann November 16, 1920

Mom was born Nov. 16, 1920, in Dryden to John and Mary Hoff Isaak. She had nine brothers and sisters: Gordon, John, Ione, Florence, Viola, Eva, Harold, Carl and Alvin. Her mother died when she was 18 months old and she went to live with her mother’s parents John and Mark Hoff, and her mother’s seven brothers and sisters. She attended high school in Odessa and married Herbert Martin Sackmann in 1939. They lived on the Sackmann dry land wheat farm 15 miles south of Odessa and raised a daughter and three sons. Dad died in 1972, and Mom moved to a condo in Spokane. She was involved in the Spokane Club, ballroom dancing, Deaconess Hospital, walking and fitness and traveled extensively to Egypt, Africa, Japan, Australia, etc. She traveled to the Midwest and East visiting relatives and tracing her family ancestry. Her children also loved to vacation with Mother, in Alaska, Mexico, Kauai and even gunk holing up the Inland Passage through Canada to Alaska in a 20-foot boat or 28-foot catamaran. She moved to Othello in 2009 age 89.