Stanley Sacks passed away peacefully on Thursday, Apr. 17, at his home at Brookdale Dogwood Creek in Germantown, Tennessee. A Baltimore native, born February 28, 1925,
Stan graduated with B.S. Degrees in Mathematics and Education from Johns Hopkins University, after serving in the U.S. Army 94th Infantry Division during World War II.
He later got a Master’s Degree in Economics at the University of Oklahoma and received his accounting accreditation from the University of Alabama.
During World War II, Stan served in the European Theater most notably during the Battle of the Bulge. Following the Battle of the Bulge, he fought in Germany until the war ended.
Afterwards, his division stayed on in Dusseldorf and then Czechoslovakia mostly to oversee the return of displaced persons and POWs. For his service to his country he was awarded a Bronze Star, European Theater of Operations Medal, World War II Service Medal, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
Stan’s service was also recognized by France with the French Legion of Honor Medal and by the Czech Republic with a service medal. Upon graduation from Johns Hopkins Stan accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Defense Ballistic Research Laboratories at Aberdeen Proving Ground as a mathematician and operations research analyst.
While there, he evaluated weapon systems and designed missile warheads and fuses to shoot down enemy aircraft. Later he moved to Huntsville, Alabama where he worked at Redstone Arsenal on the team that developed the Patriot Missile still in use today, most recently in Israel and Ukraine.
Later he moved to Columbus, Ohio after taking an early retirement from the government. He worked as an accountant there until he moved to Boca Raton and later Boynton Beach. Stan was always active in a synagogue wherever he lived.
He served as president of synagogues in Huntsville and Columbus. He was also active in many Jewish organizations such as B’nai B’rith and United Jewish Appeal.
Stanley was predeceased by his mother, Fannie Epstein Sacks and his father Morris Sacks as well as his brother Frank Sacks (Eileen) and sisters Rose Shaffer (Dave), Freda Dubin (Max) and Pauline Luntz (Herbert). He is also predeceased by his first wife Rose Cabnet Sacks who died in 1971, and his second wife Shirley Schottenstein Sacks who died in 2011.
He is survived by his daughter Margie McMillan (Sid), granddaughter Rachel McMillan (Jack Rosencrans), great grandsons Leo, Dylan and Kyle Rosencrans, and by his step-children Jim (Barb) Goldberg, Jon (Jan West) Goldberg, Pam (Jim) Schwartz and Bill (Suzi) Goldberg, by his step-grandchildren, Allison, Andrew, Lauren, Lilly, Jillian and Jacquelyn Goldberg, and Jaime, Jason and Stephanie Schwartz, and his respective step-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to cancer research, animal rescue or the donor’s favorite charity.
