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Tackett -- Martha Dee Brownfield Tackett, born August 6, 1915 to Alva Dee Brownfield and Matti Harris Brownfield at the Harris Ranch, next to the A.B. Falls Ranch, Three Rivers, New Mexico, died at her home in Albuquerque on October 9, 1998. Although she struggled with cancer during the last four months of her life, she remained ever cheerful, and steadfast in her faith, to the end. Although Dee Tackett graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1936, majoring in English, she never stopped learning and studying and remained a student until the day she died. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and the Junior League, but her most important involvement, outside of her family and friends, was her life in the church. She was a longtime member of St. Mark's on the Mesa Episcopal Church, where she served on the vestry, was a member of the alter guild, worked on diocesan projects, and was active in Seniors and many study and prayer groups, especially the Tuesday morning Communion Group, which she attended almost every Tuesday for the last 16 years. She is survived by her children, Dee Tackett O'Neill of Tucson and her husband, Dan, Ann Policastro of Albuquerque, Paula Tackett of Santa Fe, Paul Winston Tackett of Albuquerque and his wife, Mary Todd (Toddy); grandson, Nicholas P. Tackett, several grandsons & granddaughters, Donald Edgar Kilgore IV (Kedin) of New York and his wife, Kimberly Neuhaus, Erin O'Neill and her husband-to-be, Rob Balkind of Greensboro, North Carolina, Christopher Paul Kilgore of Albuquerque, Bonnie Kilgore of Albuquerque, Jennifer O'Neill of Tucson, and Michael Policastro of Albuquerque; two great-grandsons, Jacob and Andrew Kilgore; and countless much cherished cousins, nephews and nieces. All will miss her gentle grace and never-failing love and support. She was preceded in death by her husband, former Supreme Court Justice, Paul Tackett; her mother and father; and her beloved sisters and brothers, Elizabeth Nunn, Jane Skinner and Alva Dee (Sonny) Brownfield. Cremation will take place as she requested. Her memorial service will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, on Tuesday, October 13, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to St. Martin's Shelter for the Homeless (Hospitality Center) or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
        Published on: Mon October 12, 1998