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Funeral service for Billy Ray Sacket, of Aline, Okla., will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Aline Christian Church in Aline, with the Rev. Scott Hofen officiating. Viewing will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Wednesday, June 2-3, at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Helena, Okla.
Billy Ray Sacket was born May 20, 1932, in Woods County to Claude and Eva (Wakefield) Sacket and passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Share Medical Center, Alva, Okla.
Billy, or Bill, as most called him, grew up on farms west of Aline and graduated from Aline High School in 1952.
He married Lois Pauline White of Cleo Springs on Jan. 26, 1952, in Alva, Okla.
He worked in construction until he was drafted into the United States Army in October 1952, and was honorably discharged as a corporal in November 1954. During that time, he served a Post-Korean War tour in Okinawa.
After serving in the Army, he attended Okmulgee Trade School for carpentry. During the next few years he worked a variety of construction jobs, including jobs with Cessna in Wichita, Henson Construction Company of Enid, Hiebert Brothers Construction Company of Fairview, as well as self-employment.
In the mid �60s, Bill became a gas plant operator at the Aline gas plant, southeast of town. While there, he worked for several different companies as the plant changed hands over time. Some of the companies included Signal Oil and Gas, Aminoil and Conoco-Phillips, from where he retired. After retirement, Bill worked a few years for his cousin, a local farmer and rancher.
He is survived by his wife, Lois Sacket, Aline; three sons, Billy Ray Sacket Jr. and wife Barbara and Gary Sacket and wife Ruth, all of Aline, and Terry Sacket and wife DeAnn, Lahoma; two daughters, Polly Young and husband David, Aline, and Connie Shreck and husband Ray, Blackwell; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Glenda Beecher, Camargo, Okla.; one brother, Glennis Sacket and wife Shirley, Wichita, Kan.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother and one sister.
To help further the education of area students, memorial contributions may be made to Northwestern Oklahoma State University Scholarship Fund, Alva, Okla., with Lanman Funeral Home Inc., 309 E. 4th, Helena, OK 73741, serving as custodian. (www.lanmanmemorials.com)
(Submitted by family)
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