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Fine New Son for Mr. and Mrs. Sackett
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sackett of Livermore are parents of a son born Sunday and who has been named Stanley Emerson Sackett. Mrs. Sackett and little son are at the home of the former's mother, Mrs. H. W. Emerson, 231 South Grant street.

—The Fort Collins Express, Fort Collins, Colorado, 14 Feb 1923, p 8

Sackett Flies Fighter
First Lt. Stanley E. Sackett, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sackett of 1634 South College avenue, is already a veteran of several European bombing missions as a pilot of a Thunderbolt fighter plane with the Eighth U. S. Air force based in England. Rated an expert in aerial gunnery, Lieutenant Sackett flies with the fighter forces escorting the huge U. S. bomber formations that have been pounding Hitler's Europe. He was trained at Chickasha, Okla, Perrin and Foster fields, Texas. He is a graduate of Fort Collins High school and attended Colorado State college.

—Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 18 Jan 1944, p 5

Two County Fliers Missing, Others Receive War Laurels
Wide varieties of fortune befell various Larimer county members of the U.S. Army Air forces recently, a roundup of press dispatches showed today.
     Two of the fliers, Lt. William O'Hare of Loveland and Lt. John Boehm of Estes Park, have been reported missing in action over Europe.
     Another, First Lt. Stanley E. Sackett, 21, of Fort Collins, has been awarded the Air medal "for meritorious flights over Germany and the occupied countries" in his Thunderbolt fighter plane.
     ...
On 20 Missions
     Lieutenant Sackett, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sackett of 1634 South College avenue, is a combat pilot in a fighter group now escorting U.S. bombers over Europe. He also is eligible for a "cluster" for his Air medal and has had more than 20 successful air missions. He was promoted to first lieutenant last Oct. 17.

—Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 20 Mar 1944, pp 1-2

Colorado Soldiers Are Missing on War Fronts
Washington, June 24. (AP)—The war department today announced names of 1,468 American soldiers missing, including:
     ...
     In the European area:
     Colorado—... First Lt. Stanley E. Sackett, son of Mrs. Dorothy E. Sackett, 1634 South College avenue, Fort Collins...

—The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, 24 Jun 1944, p 2

Colorado Casualty List Announced
Washington, Oct. 28, (AP)—The war department today made public the names of 2,113 soldiers killed in action. They include:
     European area:
     Colorado—... 1st. Lt. Stanley E. Sackett; mother Mrs. Dorothy E. Sackett, Fort Collins. ...

—The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, 29 Oct 1944, p 11

86 Men on Honor Roll
Throughout Larimer county and the nation, tomorrow's observance of Armistice day will be taken as a suitable occasion for special remembrance of men of the United States armed forces who in the nearly three years of this country's participation in World war II have given their lives.
     Larimer county's families count a total of 86 men of the Army, Navy, Marine corps and Army and Navy Air forces who have died in battle or been killed in accidents during their war training.
     ...
     Larimer county's "Gold Star" list ... follows:
...
Stanley E. Sackett, lieutenant, AAF.

—Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 10 Nov 1944, pp 1-2

Officer's Will Filed.
On file for probate in County court today was the will of First Lt. Stanley Sackett, who was killed in action over Europe on May 8. The will designated the flier's mother, Mrs. Dorothy Emerson Sackett, as executrix, and was witnessed by three fellow officers of the 369th Fighter squadron, 359th Fighter group, of which Lieutenant Sackett was a member. The will bequeathed back pay, war bonds and an automobile to Mrs. Sackett.

—Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 6 Dec 1944, p 2

Thorwald H. Sackett
     Thorwald H. Sackett, 93, of Goleta, a retired county surveyor and mine operator, died Nov. 9 in Goleta after a brief illness.
     Mr. Sackett was the father of the late Leslie Carricaburu of Santa Ynez. Mr. Sackett and his wife, Dorothy, who survives, often visited in the Santa Ynez Valley from their home in Colorado during the period 1947-1977.
     He was born in Telluride, Colo., May 27, 1894 and received a degree in engineering from Colorado State University in 1916. He later operated lead and zinc mines until 1944. Until retiring in 1977 to Santa Barbara, he was a county surveyor for Larimer County in Colorado.

—Santa Ynez Valley News, Solvang, California, 17 Dec 1987, p 6

Dorothy Sackett
Dorothy Emerson Sackett died July 21, 1995 in Arroyo Grande. She was born April 26, 1898 in Winterport, Maine to Metta Freeman and Horace Emerson.
     She was raised on the Emerson ranch outside Livermore, Colo, and lived much of her life in Fort Collins, Colo. She and husband Thorwald Sackett moved to California in 1976 to be closer to their daughter and family.
     She survived husband Thorwald, children Leslie Sackett Carricaburu and Stanley Emerson Sackett, and granddaughter Dale Carricaburu Lewis.      She is survived by son-in-law Dr. John B. Carricaburu and his wife Peggy DeCastro Carricaburu of Santa Barbara; grandsons Robert E. Carricaburu of San Pedro and John Bryan Carricaburu of Wasilla, Alaska; granddaughters Sally C. Carricaburu and Janet P. Carricaburu, both of Anchorage, Alaska, and Linda Carricaburu Davis of Arroyo Grande, and many great-grandchildren.
     Memorial services will be Aug. 19 at 11 a.m. at McDermott-Crocket Mortuary, 1903 State St., Santa Barbara. Father Robert Shalanar will conduct the service.
     Her ashes will be interred in St. Lukes Columbarium in Fort Collins, Colo.

—Santa Ynez Valley News, Solvang, California, 3 Aug 1995, p 2

Livermore
Mrs Everett Sanborn has returned to Fort Collins after spending the holiday season with her neice, Mrs. Thorwald Sackett.
Orrin M. Sackett of Telluride spent the holidays with his children, Mrs. Keith Bellairs and Thorwald Sackett, of Livermore.

—Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, 11 Jan 1918, p 5

Livermore
Mrs. Horace Emerson of Fort Collins spent the week with her daughter, Mrs. Thorwald Sackett.
Thorwald Sackett has been entertaining his father Orrin Sackett of Telluride on an enjoyable camping trip up in the Nunn Creek country.

—Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, 25 Jan 1918 p 7

Livermore
Mrs Elmore Pearson and son Charles of Virginia Dale have been guests of Mrs. Thorwald Sackett the past week.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Roberts has as Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. Thorwald Sackett. Mrs. E. Pearson and son Charles, Mrs Charles Emerson and Mr. and Mrs Norman Sackett of Fort Collins.

—Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins, Larimer County, 26 Jul 1918, p 7

Daughter Born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Sackett
Mr. and Mrs. Thorwald Sackett of Livermore are receiving the congratulations of their many friends over the birth of a lovely little daughter, born to them at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
     The little one weighed nine pounds and has been named Shirley Elizabeth and with her mother, who will be pleasantly remembered as Dorothy Emerson, is doing very nicely at the H. W. Emerson home.

—Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins, Larimer County, 27 Sep 1918, p 3

Livermore
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sackett motored to Fort Collins last Monday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bellairs who were in town for the day.
Mrs Homer Clammer and Mrs. T. H. Sackett will entertain the Highland club next Saturday at the home of Mrs. Sackett.
Mrs J. R. Bellairs, Miss Nellie Ramer and Mrs Thorwald Sackett visited Wednesday with Mrs. Ernest Roberts.

—Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins, Larimer County, 20 Mar 1920, p 5

Father of T. H. Sackett Drowns In Old Mexico
     Orin Sackett, father of Thorwald H. Sackett of the Livermore district and Mrs. Keith Bellairs of Cheyenne, Wyo., was drowned near his large banana ranch, or hacienda, in Old Mexico, Sunday morning, according to a brief telegram sent Mr. Sackett here. Thorwald Sackett left here in his airplane about 1 o'clock Sunday to fly to Mexico.
     It is understood that Mr. Sackett was drowned while in a motor boat either on a lake or on a river when a sudden storm arose capsizing the boat. When the message was sent his body had not yet been found. Whether others were drowned with him, was not learned here. From the Sackett hacienda, the people go to the nearest city by boat.
     Mr. Sackett spent most of his summers visiting at his son's home in Livermore and spent a long time there only last summer.
     Mrs. Bellairs, his daughter, will he remembered here as Miss Gertrude Sackett. She attended the Colorado Agricultural college.

—Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 30 Jan 1933, p 1

T. H. Sackett Returns From Father's Funeral
     T. H. Sackett of Livermore, returned Friday night from Ocotlan, Jalisco state, Old Mexico, where he attended the funeral of his father Orin Sackett, who was drowned there two weeks ago. Mr. Sackett flew to El Paso in his private plane, took the Mexican Central airlines from El Paso to Leon and then went by rail from Leon to Ocotlan, a city which is located about six miles from his father's banana plantation.
     Orin Sackett was drowned in a storm on Lake Ocotlan on the evening of Jan. 29, when a boat, powered by an outboard motor, was capsized. Mr. Sackett had sailed across the lake to Ocotlan and was returning to his home when a stiff south wind swept across the lake raising large waves.
     The boat was not more than 200 yards from the landing on the plantation when it was turned over. Mr. Sackett, who was alone in the boat, was hurled into the water and was never seen again until his body was recovered the following morning by dragging.
     Mr. Sackett is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Keith Bellairs of Cheyenne, Wyo., his son Thorwald of Livermore, and his wife Florence of Ocotlan.
     He was well known in Fort Collins and the Livermore district as he had been a frequent visitor during the summer months at his son's ranch.
     The trip by air to Mexico was uneventful, according to Mr. Sackett, as excellent flying conditions were experienced all the way.

—Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 12 Feb 1933, p 4