Sara Odessa Sakshaug

Sara Odessa Sakshaug, 95, passed away Tuesday evening April 19, 2016 at her home with her two daughters by her side.

She was born January 14, 1921 in Quincy, Florida. She grew up in Quincy with her parents Thomas Jay and Jessie Middleton Yon Peacock, her two brothers TJ Peacock Jr., Billy Yon Peacock, and her two sisters Helen Stokes, Betty Lou Cost. She graduated from the local Quincy High School. During WWII she was working for Western Union out of Gainesville, Florida when she met the love of her life.

She married Thomas Magnus Sakshaug on August 1, 1946 in Folkston, Georgia and moved to Fargo, North Dakota where she worked at the NDSU dining center and a grocery store in downtown Fargo. She then became a housewife. Tom and Sara raised five children. Thomas passed away in the winter of 2000 and she remained in her Fargo home until this day.

Sara was a wonderful Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Aunt. Her favorite pastimes were when she was with her family which included her grandchildren, great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Her home was a stopping point for many visitors. She was very interested in sports including the NDSU Bison, Twins, Vikings and MN Timberwolves. She was devoted to her church, Peace Lutheran of Fargo and NDSU. She enjoyed trips from Quincy, Florida all the way north to Sherwood, North Dakota throughout the years visiting relatives of her and Toms. She enjoyed swimming, bowling, traveling, camping and visits to the beach. She liked baking and made the best cake with chocolate frosting, brownies, beef stroganoff, and we all loved her homemade buns. She had a wonderful sense of humor. Sara was a sweet “Southern Belle” and everyone that came into contact with her…loved her. She was all about the family and proud of every last one of them.

She is survived by her children: William Sakshaug (Tara), Robert Sakshaug (Vicki), Richard Sakshaug (Cindy), Margaret Hamrum (Lowell), Shirley Strand (Paul), sister-in-law, June (Arnold) Sakshaug, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, three nieces, three nephews and a great niece, and several in laws.

We would like to give special thanks to Hospice of North Dakota and her caregivers from Kinder Care of West Fargo for helping the family care for Sara the last few months.

Memorials are preferred to the Thomas Magnus Sakshaug Scholarship Endowment, Mechanical Engineering department, at NDSU or Peace Lutheran Church Foundation. Both were a big part of her life here in Fargo.