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Liska Etta Thompson Hackett, age 97, of St. Charles, died in her sleep Saturday, April

13, 2019 at Brighton Gardens of St. Charles. She was born February 1, 1922 in Ripley,

Lauderdale County, Tennessee, the only child of James Allen Thompson and his wife

Enzie Pearl Lassiter Thompson Hood. Her parents preceded her in death.

On December,15 1939 she was united in marriage with Charles Dale Hackett. He

preceded her in death on November 21, 1994.

Mrs. Hackett had lived in the Tri-City area since 1941 and was known as an

accomplished seamstress who also mastered many forms of needlework including

knitting and crochet, needlepoint, and quilting. She held one of the original booths at

the Kane County Flea Market for several decades where she sold antique furniture,

paintings, needlework, clocks, collectibles, and assorted “junque” as she put it. An

avid reader, she greatly appreciated the services of the St. Charles Public Library. She

was an active member of the Congregational United Church of Christ for many

decades and a former member of the National Society Daughters of the American

Revolution.

Liska lived through nationwide economic ruin, wars, terrorist attacks, and massive

natural disasters. Two years before she was born American women gained the right to

vote. As of the date of her passing women make up almost a quarter of the United

States Congress. She endured, learned, worked, supported and was joyful her entire

life. Liska was emblematic of the Greatest Generation. She is dearly missed by her

many friends and family. We take solace in the sure and certain knowledge that she

has passed from the Church Militant to the Church Triumphant.

Liska is survived by her daughter, Janette Hackett Kirkham (Kent) of Brandon,

Mississippi, her son Jo Allen Hackett of St. Charles, Illinois, grandsons Charles W.

Kirkham (Randi), Brandon, Mississippi, Andrew A. Kirkham, Springfield, Illinois, greatgrandson

Nathaniel W. Kirkham of Brandon, Mississippi, her sibling Evelyn Hood St.

Clair of New Port Richie, Florida, one niece and several great-nieces and greatnephews.

Services are pending. Her cremains will be inurned at a later date at The

Congregational United Church of Christ Memorial Garden, St. Charles. Special thanks

to Salvation Army Meals-on-Wheels and the kind people who made the deliveries ,and to the staff at Brighton Gardens of St. Charles for her excellent care

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