Résumé

The US Modernist.org web site indicated, "In the early 1960s, prior to forming his own firm, Sackley partnered with Herman Charles Light. Sackley was never licensed as an architect but maintained a successful design firm in Palm Springs CA. He received national fame when his house for James Hollowell was featured in Playboy in April 1966. Sackley is best known for mid-century Modern homes along Caliente Drive. By 1986, Sackley had mostly retired." (See US Modernist.org, "Stan Alan Sackley (1937-2001)," accessed 07/25/2025.)

Principal, Stan A. Sackley, Architectural Designer, Palm Springs, CA, and Beverly Hills, CA. Sackley had business addresses of 1087 North Palm Canyon Drive, 884 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA, (c. 1982-1991) and 9601 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #700, Beverly Hills, CA, (c. 2001).

Associate, Light and Sackley, Architect and Designer.

College

Graduate, Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1955. He participated in the junior varsity track and football teams in 1954. (See Fairfax High School, Colonial Yearbook, 1954, n.p.)

B.Arch., University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, 1961.

Relocation

Stanley Alan Sackley was the only child of Robert I. and Rose Gould Sackley, born 07/25/1937 in Los Angeles, CA. Robert's family emigrated from Russia, his birth name having been "Sakalowsky," but was changed to "Sackley" by about 1920. (The family was still known as Sakalowsky according to the 1915 New York State Census and the 1920 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 18; Assembly District: 13; City: New York; County: Kings; Page: 01, accessed 07/23/2025 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 13, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1163; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 731, accessed 07/22/2025.) Both of his parents' families were Jewish who had both immigrated from Czarist Russia. Robert and Rose had also both lived in the New York area, but Rose's parents Louie and Jenny Gould had moved to Los Angeles in 06/1911, according to her mother's naturalization paperwork of 07/21/1945. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Petitions For Naturalization, U.s. District Court For the Central District of California (Los Angeles), 1940-1991; NAI Number: 594890; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009, accessed 07/25/2025.) Robert moved to Los Angeles likely by 1932, (if not earlier) as he married Rose there on 02/27/1932. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 07/25/2025.)

In 1940, Stan's parents Robert and Rose resided in a rented house at 5132 Hartwick Street in Los Angeles's Eagle Rock neighborhood, paying $45 per month. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00387; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 60-1124, accessed 07/23/2025.)

In 1948, the Sackleys resided at 106 South Poinsettia Place in Los Angeles, CA. (See Pacific Bell Telephone Directory for Los Angeles, CA, 1948, p. 929.)

In 1958, Sackley resided at 934 North Gardner Street in West Holywood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1958, accessed 07/25/2025.)

A 1960 voter roll for Los Angeles County, CA, indicated that Stan and Carole Sackley resided at 7763 Romaine Avenue in West Hollywood, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1960, accessed 07/25/2025.)

Parents

Robert Irving Sackley (born 03/30/1906 in New York, NY-d. 01/01/1993 in Riverside County, CA), his father, worked as a manager at Artistic Wave Products, Incorporated, a beauty supply company in Los Angeles on 10/16/1940. As per the 1950 US Census, Robert owned a manufacturing company in Los Angeles.

Robert's mother was Julia Sakalowsky (born 09/25/1881 in Vilnius, Lithuania), his father, Abraham Sakalowsky (born 08/20/1858 in Poland-d. 08/11/1928 in NY). In 1915, Abraham worked in a dry goods store in Brooklyn, NY. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 18; Assembly District: 13; City: New York; County: Kings; Page: 01, accessed 07/23/2025.)

Stan's mother was Rose Gould (born 09/07/1907 in NY-d. 1996 in CA), whose parents also were Russian Jewish immigrants. According to the 1940 US Census, Robert and Rose had each completed four years of high school. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00387; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 60-1124, accessed 07/22/2025.) Rose's mother was Jenny Levin (born 04/10/1884 in Skedel, Grodno, Russia-d. 03/18/1968 in Los Angeles County, CA) and father was Louis Gould (born "Yankiv Laib Golubchik" on 12/25/1884 in Antipola, Belarus, Russia-d. 07/25/1955 in CA). They wed on 03/06/1906 in New York, NY, where Louis worked as a tailor. Rose also had a younger sister, Dorothy Gould Wiener (born 08/30/1913 in Los Angeles, CA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Petitions For Naturalization, U.s. District Court For the Central District of California (Los Angeles), 1940-1991; NAI Number: 594890; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009, accessed 07/25/2025.)

Spouse

Sackley married at least three times. He first married Carole Lenora Finkenthal (born 08/12/1939 in Los Angeles County, CA) on 08/17/1958 in Los Angeles County, CA. He was 21, she, 18. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, accessed 07/25/2025.) They divorced in 10/1968 in Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 07/25/2025.) Carole graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, c. 1957. (See Fairfax High School Colonial Yearbook, 1956, n.p.)

Sackley married Christina Ann Deflavio (born 09/29/1946 in Los Angeles County, CA) on 02/14/1972 in San Diego, CA. (Her name was also recorded as "Christin A. Heida." See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 07/25/2025. She was about nine years younger than the designer.) She attended El Capitan High School in Lakeside, CA, between 1962 and 1964. In 1950, her father Edward Deflavio (born c. 1910 in MA) owned a construction company in San Diego. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: San Diego, San Diego, California; Roll: 1328; Page: 75; Enumeration District: 72-73, accessed 07/25/2025.)

This was her second marriage, as she had first wed Marvin K. Heida on 09/22/1964 in San Diego County, CA. She divorced Heida in 07/1968. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 07/25/2025 and Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 07/25/2025.)

They divorced by 12/1972 in Riverside County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 07/25/2025.)

Sackley wed Deborah Sue Freeman on 03/05/1982 in Zephyr Cove, NV. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: Carson City, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1855-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, accesseed 07/25/2025.) They on 06/23/1983. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 07/25/2025.)

Biographical Notes

A Los Angeles County voter roll of 1958 listed Sackley as a registered Democrat. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1958, accessed 07/25/2025.)

SSN: 563462042.