Ms. Louise Saxton

IT IS WRITTEN THAT WHEN LIFE BEGINS, IT IS LIKE AN OPEN BOOK WITH MANY BLANK PAGES. EACH DAY AS WE LIVE OUR DEEDS ARE RECORDED PAGE BY PAGE UNTIL WE CLOSE OUR EYES IN DEATH AND AWAIT THAT GREAT AWAKENING COME RISING. THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK BEGAN FOR LOUISE SAXTON WHEN SHE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 16, 1938, IN DEVALL'S BLUFF, AK. SHE WAS BORN TO NETTIE SMITH-SAXTON AND JAMES SAXTON IN HAYTI, MO WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE MOVED TO MILWAUKEE IN 1965 WHERE SHE RAISED HER 6 CHILDREN. SHE BECAME EMPLOYED AT MARSHALL FIELD'S DEPARTMENT STORE. SHE RETIRED IN 1993 AFTER 15 YEARS AS A SUPERVISOR IN HOUSEKEEPING. LOUISE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOM'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ALL THE KIDS WOULD LOVE TO HANG OUT AT HER HOUSE AND EAT, PLAY POOL OR HAVE GAME NIGHT. SHE LOVED TO COOK EVERY SUNDAY BRINGING FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOGETHER. ON THE WEEKENDS SHE WOULD GO UP NORTH WHERE SHE HAD A BIG GARDEN AND GO FISHING. EACH YEAR SHE WOULD GO ON VACATION SEEING FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHENEVER SHE HAD SOME FREE TIME. SHE ALSO LOVE TO READ HER FAVORITE NOVELS, TALKING TO HER SISTER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, SOMETHING SHE ENJOYED. LOUISE SAXTON SILENTLY DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 10, 2024 IN THE PRESENCE OF HER LOVE ONES. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTER BERNICE (J.w.) WILDERSON OF DENVER, CO; 3 BROTHERS, PAUL SAXTON, OTIS SAXTON AND ELMER SAXTON ALL FROM HAYTI, MO; 2 GRANDSONS; TREMAINE SAXTON, AND TRINELL SAXTON BOTH OF MILWAUKEE WI, STEP SON GEORGE BLACKWELL OF MILWAUKEE, WI DAUGHTER SANDRA SAXTON, MILWAUKEE, WI; NEPHEWS DENNIS METCALF U TERRELL METCALF; OF MILWAUKEE, WI; NIECE LINDA METCALF OF MILWAUKEE, WI, SHE LEAVES TO MOURN ROBIN SAXTON, CURTIS SAXTON, PATRICIA (RONNIE) ROBERTS, TERRI (JOHN) WILLIAMS, PAULA (DAVID) NELSON ALL FROM MILWAUKEE, WI; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; LA FREEMAN, NATESHA PARISH, LATOYA SMITH, NIKEA WILLIAMS, DARIUS SAXTON, WHITNEY AND BRITIANY NELSON; 2 SPECIAL DAUGHTERS PATRICIA (PATTY) AND JANICE WEEDEN; 1 SPECIAL SON KAYLON WEEDEN-HAWTHORNE ALL FROM MILWAUKEE; 2 SPECIAL NIECES DORIS NOLEN, AND MINNIE SAXTON OF PORTAGEVILLE, MO; 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF LOVING NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR EXTENDED FAMILIES, THE SMITHS, THE COOKS, THE PHILLIPS AND THE EARLS.

Ms. Louise Saxton

August 16, 1938 - February 10, 2024