BLACK, Sarah "Sadie" 1925-2011

BLACK

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 2/22/2023 at 10:16:42

Sarah “Sadie” Louise (Halford) Black
(January 14, 1925 – June 29, 2011)

Northwood Anchor, Northwood, Iowa, Wed., July 13, 2011, p.9
Sarah “Sadie” Louise (Halford) Black, 86, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Northwood, died peacefully on Wednesday morning, June 29. Sadie lived her last days surrounded by her loving family. Sadie was born January 14, 1925, to Ray and Augusta (Johnson) Halford in Butler, Ill. She attended rural schools near Butler and high school in Litchfield, Ill. After high school she worked at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield, Ill. On March 28, 1943, she married Clyde Black. They had three daughters and one son, Donald, who passed away in July 1970 at age six. In February 1955, Sadie and Clyde moved their family from Illinois to Iowa. They lived near Clyde’s brother, William Black, and family just south of Northwood, Iowa. They then moved to a farm near Hanlontown, Iowa, for two years before moving back to Northwood, where they lived until 1974. They were members of the Northwood First Lutheran Church, where Sadie was baptized in 1960. Sadie was always known for her many talents; cooking, baking, crocheting and cross stitch, but most of all, for the love she showed her children and grandchildren. Her daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren are so lucky to have many of those crocheted afghans and cross stitch samplers. While living in Northwood, Sadie worked for over 15 years at Deluxe Products in Lake Mills, Iowa. In 1974, they moved to Eldridge, Iowa, where Sadie worked as a custodian at the North Scott High School for over 15 years. After retiring, Sadie and Clyde did a great deal of traveling. They Traveled in their RV to every state as well as taking trips to many countries, including Germany, England, Italy, Switzerland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Columbia and Panama. In 2001 they moved from Iowa to Tucson, Ariz., where Sadie and Clyde lived in their home in Sun City Vistoso until moving to the Country Club of LaCholla, a retirement community. She was a member of the Resurrection Lutheran Church, Oro Valley, Ariz. Sadie is survived by her husband of more than 68 years, Clyde E. Black; her daughters, Debra Arrett of Tucson, Oro Valley, Ariz., JoAnne Skillicorn (John) of Mora, Minn., and Joyce Bassett (Teddy) of Cary, N. C.; her grandchildren, Lisa Arrett of Fargo, N. D., Michael (Emily) Arrett of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bradley (Kelly) Skillicorn of Winona, Minn., and Jill (Todd) Bachmann of Vancouver, Wash., Jeffrey (Denise) Bassett of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Lori (Chris) Boyd of Raleight, N. C.; six great grandchildren; and her sister, Alice Bruce, of Puyallup, Wash, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends. Sadie was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Donald; two brothers, Victor and Vernon Halford; and three sisters, Viola Walch, Virginia Pickerill and Florence Halford, who died as an infant. Sadie’s ashes will be interned at Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood, Iowa, at a later date. Memorials may be made in her honor to the Sun City Vistoso Foundation.