Sackett, Reta Josephine

Sackett, Reta Josephine

Female 1924 - 1992  (68 years)

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  • Name Sackett, Reta Josephine  [1
    Born 14 Feb 1924  Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 10 Apr 1930  Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1935  Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 9 Apr 1940  Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 18 Mar 1963  Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Died 9 Mar 1992  Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Siblings 10 siblings 
    Person ID I35056  Sackett | Descendants of Warren/Werien J. Sackett
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2023 

    Father Sackett, Jesse Joseph,   b. 16 Nov 1891, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1966, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Bussand, Ethel L.,   b. 8 Aug 1893, West Charleston, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1963, Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1913  [7
    Children 11 children 
     1. Sackett, Ethelyn Wilma,   b. 29 Mar 1914, Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1999, Lakeport, Lake County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Sackett, Rev. Francis Allen,   b. 18 Jan 1916, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 2004  (Age 88 years)
     3. Sackett, Veda Florence,   b. 10 Oct 1917, Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 2008  (Age 90 years)
     4. Sackett, Eva Margaret,   b. 14 Sep 1919, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 2012  (Age 93 years)
    +5. Sackett, Jesse Robert,   b. 18 Apr 1921, Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1990, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. Sackett, Velma Lulu,   b. 22 Nov 1922, Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 2009  (Age 86 years)
     7. Sackett, Reta Josephine,   b. 14 Feb 1924, Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1992, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     8. Sackett, Lenora Erma,   b. 2 Oct 1925, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1996, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     9. Sackett, Madaline Lucille,   b. 23 Apr 1928, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1997, Lake County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +10. Sackett, Ronald Lawrence,   b. 15 Jun 1930, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 2017  (Age 86 years)
     11. Living
     
    Family ID F12493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Forrester, ___,   d. Unknown 
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F16592  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Feb 1924 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Apr 1930 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Apr 1940 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 18 Mar 1963 - Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Mar 1992 - Santa Clara County, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCN5-QWK
      1930 Census; Redwood, Santa Clara, California
      Enumeration District Number: «tab»0028
      Family Number: 184
      Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
      Line Number: 86
      NARA Publication: T626, roll 217
      Film Number: 2339952
      Digital Folder Number: 4532364
      Image Number: 00983
      Daughter; Reta J. Sackett, F, 6, California
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      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9DT-1N3
      1940 Census; Los Gatos, Redwood Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California
      Residence in 1935: Same House
      Enumeration District Number: 43-45
      Family Number: 427
      Sheet Number and Letter: 61A
      Line Number: 29
      NARA Publication Number: T627
      NARA Roll Number: 336
      Digital Folder Number: 005456417
      Image Number: 00615
      Daughter, Reta Sackett, F, 16, California

  • Sources 
    1. [S774] Sharen Neal, Neal, Sharon, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=mjr6387&id=I140509).

    2. [S426] California Birth Index; 1905-1995 (Reliability: 3), 3 Aug 2017.
      Name Rita J Sackett
      Event Type Birth
      Event Date 14 Feb 1924
      Event Place Santa Clara, California, United States
      Gender Female
      Mother's Name Bussard

      "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGW7-QBB : 27 November 2014), Rita J Sackett, 14 Feb 1924; citing Santa Clara, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

      Researched by Ted Smith

    3. [S879] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 3 Jul 2017.
      Name: Reta Josephine Forrester
      [Reta J Forrester]
      [Reta Josephine Sackett]
      SSN: 563488048
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 14 Feb 1924
      Birth Place: Los Gatos Sa, California
      Death Date: 9 Mar 1992
      Father: Jesse J Sackett
      Mother: Ethel L Bussard
      Type of Claim: Original SSN.
      Notes: Oct 1953: Name listed as RETA JOSEPHINE FORRESTER; 03 Apr 1992: Name listed as RETA J FORRESTER

      Researched by Ted Smith

    4. [S113] California Death Index 1940-1997 (Family Search), (Family Search) (Reliability: 3), 3 Aug 2017.
      Name: Reta Josephine Forrester
      [Reta Josephine Sackett]
      Social Security #: 563488048
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: 14 Feb 1924
      Birth Place: California
      Death Date: 9 Mar 1992
      Death Place: Santa Clara
      Mother's Maiden Name: Bussard
      Father's Surname: Sackett

      Researched by Ted Smith

    5. [S937] 1930 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 3 Aug 2017.

    6. [S814] 1940 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 3 Aug 2017.
      1940 Census, enumerated 9 Apr 1940 at 42 Chester in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, United States

      1940 Census; Los Gatos, Redwood Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California
      Residence in 1935: Same House
      Enumeration District Number: 43-45
      Family Number: 427
      Sheet Number and Letter: 61A
      Line Number: 29
      NARA Publication Number: T627
      NARA Roll Number: 336
      Digital Folder Number: 005456417
      Image Number: 00615
      Head, Jesse Sackett, M, 48, California
      Wife, Ethel Sackett, F, 46, Vermont
      Son, Allen Sackett, M, 24, Oregon
      Daughter, Florance Sackett, F, 21, Oregon
      Daughter, Margaret Sackett, F, 20, Oregon
      Son, Robert Sackett, M, 18, Oregon
      Daughter, Velma Sackett, F, 17, Oregon
      Daughter, Reta Sackett, F, 16, California
      Daughter, Lenora Sackett, F, 14, California
      Daughter, Madeline Sackett, F, 11, California
      Son, Ronald Sackett, M, 9, California
      All lived in same house in 1935

      "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9DT-1N6 : accessed 3 August 2017), Ronald Sackett in household of Jesse Sackett, Los Gatos, Redwood Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-45, sheet 61A, line 39, family 427, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 336.

    7. [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 18 Aug 2023.
      Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer (Los Gatos, California), 19 Mar 1963, Page 2

      Funeral for Mrs. Sackett on Friday

      Funeral services fur Ethel Sackett, 89, who came to Los Gatos in 1912 to teach at Los Gatos Seventh Day Adventist Church School and became a member of a prominent pioneer family, will be held at 1:00 Friday from the Place Funeral Home followed by interment in Los Gatos Cemetery.

      Friends may contribute in her memory to the Seventh Day Adventist Church School building fund through Los Gatos SDA on Broadway.

      Mrs. Sackett died unexpectedly Moday (sic) at home, 412 University Ave.

      A native of West Charleston, Vt., she came to Los Gatos in 1912 to teach school and on June 24, 1913, married Jesse Sackett, whose parents came here in the middle fo (sic) the last century and homesteaded a piece of property known now as the Sackett tract bounded roughly by Roberts Rd. and University Ave. and Los Gatos Creek and Santa Cruz Ave.

      The original Sackett home stood in what would now he the middle of University Ave., one of the numerous streets of the area dedicated 1o the town.

      Mrs. Sackett was a charter member of Los Gatos Seventh Day Adventist Church, was active in the local Christian Temperance Union and was an influential figure in many church youth groups.

      Besides her husband, she is survived by 11 children, Mrs. Velma Moniot and Mrs Madeleine Duncan, both of Los Gatos; Mrs. Wilma Goode of Artoes; Allen Sackett of Mankata, Minn; Miss Florence Sackett of Montevideo, Uruguay, S.A.; Miss Margaret Sackett or La Sierra; Robert Sackett of Napa; Mrs. Reta Forrester of Cupertino; Mrs. Lenora Chenault of Daly City; Ronald Saekett of Santa Cruz and Harry Brumes Saekett of College Plaee, Wash; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Beach of Oakland and Mrs. Fred Bortzmeyer of San Francisco and 12 grandchildren.

      Transcribed by Ted Smith


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