John Saksa was born in 1911 to immigrant parents. The family lived in Sheridan, Wyoming, at the time but moved to Sand Coulee, Montana, by 1920. John was one of 10 children in this large, close family. By September 1931, John was working in Fort Benton. For the next decade, John could always be found in the Fort Benton paper because of his athletic skills in the game of baseball. He played pitcher and outfielder for the local team, and as the paper wrote, he was an "all-around player and could really hit also." John and Neoma Schierle were married in January of 1942, and by March, John had enl...
