The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
July 14, 2007RAVENEL, RHETT H., 77, departed this life on earth, Tuesday, July 10, 2007 after a long and gallant battle with illness.
Rhett was the son of William F. and Eleanor Ravenel of Charleston, SC.
Born in Sanford, FL at home on September 24, 1929; he grew up fishing and hunting the pristine area of Lake Monroe. He attended Seminole High School and graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he returned to Florida to be involved in the construction of the Lake Eola fountain as the supervising engineer on the construction barge. Later he was involved in the utility work on the Down-Range Stations in the Caribbean from Eleuthera, Bahamas to Antigua. Rhett was president of Grovigation, Inc., an agricultural irrigation company, specializing in citrus working with the citrus growers and citrus processing plants. He was instrumental in the construction of Conserv II, a reclaimed water project.
A pilot and avid outdoorsman, he loved boating, fishing, especially bass fishing, hunting in Colorado and hunting whitetail deer in Florida and South Carolina. Dove hunting was his passion and when the hunting seasons were over, it was back to Colorado to snow ski with family and friends.
Rhett is survived by his loving wife and soul mate, Coleen Catherine; son, Michael Rhett and daughter, Brenda Perry; stepson, Vincent Hohn; and five grandchildren.
Charleston Post & Courier
April 13, 2010Estelle Rhett Hanckel Walpole, 78, of Johns Island, SC, died Monday, April 12, 2010. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Hay Walpole, Jr.
Born on February 10, 1932, in Charleston, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Francis Stuart Hanckel and Pauline Brock Hasell of Coburg Dairy.
She was a graduate of Memminger High School and Winthrop College with a degree in business. As she raised her four children, she was secretary-treasurer, of Sunnyside Farms, the family business. She also was the personal secretary to the Rev. Edward Guerry of St. Johns Episcopal Church. Estelle was known for her gift of hospitality and encouragement to others.
She was a member of the Charleston Junior League, The Huguenot Society, and the Carolina Assembly. She served on the board of Hope Kindergarten and as a scout leader on Johns Island. She was a charter member of Church Creek Presbyterian Church and a loyal supporter of Charleston Christian School. She shared her avid love of sailing with her husband, children and grandchildren.
Estelle is survived by her husband of 57 years, Eugene Hay Walpole, Jr. and her four children, Stel Lee and husband Burke, Bud Walpole and wife Anne, Connie Walpole, Hank Walpole and wife Patsy, all of Johns Island. Estelle was the beloved "Grammy" to eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild, Katie Huss, Gene Walpole, Bill Haynie, Katherine Walpole, Laura Haynie, Hunter Walpole, Sam Lee, James Walpole, and Mary Katherine Huss. Estelle was predeceased by her sister, Polly Hanckel Weston of Columbia and her brother, Sunny Hanckel of Charleston. Surviving are her sisters, Eleanor Hanckel Jenkins, Charlotte Hanckel Hay, Sarah Ann Hanckel Jenkins and brother Francis Stuart Hanckel.
The Post and Courier
December 17, 2003Pauline Hanckel Weston, wife of the late Christian Tucker Weston, died Monday, November 17, 2003. Born January 31, 1922, in Charleston, S.C. she was the oldest daughter of the late Pauline Brock Hasell and Francis Stuart Hanckel.
She graduated from Memminger High School and the College of Charleston, where she was a member of Delta, Delta, Delta. She was past president of the Columbia Medical Society Women s Auxiliary, Columbia area LaSertoma, and Columbia Garden Club. She was active with the Girl Scouts and the American Red Cross. She was a member of the Quadrille Club, the Junior League Fiction Club, Holly Garden Club, Columbia Committee of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, a founding member of The Columbia Ball, and former member of The Junior League of Columbia, Forest Lake Club, Palmetto Club, and Summitt Club.
Mrs. Weston is survived by daughter, Mary W. Grimball, and son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Anne Weston all of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Walter Smith of Mooresville, N.C.; and son and daughter-in-law, Stuart and Elizabeth Weston of Marathon, Florida Keys; grandchildren, Barnwell Grimball of Folly Beach, Roy and Weston Smith of Mooresville, N.C., Sarah and Drayton Weston of Columbia; step-grandson, Emanuel Paz of Marathon; and siblings of Charleston, Richardson Sunny Hanckel, Frank (Loraine) Hanckel, Charlotte (Gordon) Hay, Eleanor Sister Jenkins, Sarah Ann (Skipper) Jenkins, and Estelle (Eugene) Walpole of John's Island.
She was predeceased by daughter, Pauline Paula Hanckel Weston.
63624. Richardson Miles Hanckel
The Post and Courier
April 21, 2004
Richardson Miles (Sunny) Hanckel, former president and CEO of Coburg Dairy, Inc., outstanding community leader, sailing and fishing enthusiast, died Sunday in a local hospital. He was 75.Mr. Hanckel was born in Charleston, August 22, 1928, a son of Francis Stuart Hanckel and Mrs. Pualine Hasell Hanckel.
He was a graduate of Clemson University and did post-graduate work at the University of Missouri. A leader in the local, state, and national dairy industry, Mr. Hanckel served as president of the South Carolina Dairy Association and treasurer of the Milk Industry Foundation. He has served as president of Master Dairies and president of the National Independent Dairy Association. Mr. Hanckel was inducted into the South Carolina Dairy Hall of Fame at Clemson University in 1985. He was president and owner of Hook, Line and Sinker and the Crossroads of Sport. He also was president of Parish Realty Corp., developers of St. Andrews Center.
After his retirement from Coburg Dairy, he went into truck farming. He and son Paul and Rhett ran a farm called Planters Three on Wadmalaw Island until he retired in the late 1990's. As part of a statewide project called the S.C. Gleaning Project, he coordinated Boy Scouts and church groups to pick leftover crops for hunger relief. Many Charleston area school groups will remember visits to his Pumpkin Patch at Planters Three. In 2001, he was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America for 60 continuous years of service. He served in all areas of scouting and served as President of Coastal Carolina Council of Boys Scouts and as President of Area Five of the Southeast Region Boy Scouts of America. He received the Silver Beaver Award the Silver Antelope Award and was named a Distinguished Eagle. At the time of his death, he was still serving the Boy Scouts through his involvement in planning the new building at Camp HoNonWah.
Mr. Hanckel was active in many local, state, and national civic and service organization. He served as local and state president of the Crippled Children's Society and member of the National Board of Directors; chairman of United Fund; member of Board of Directors of Trident Chamber of Commerce; member of Charleston Development Board; life member and president of Charleston Sertoma Club; member of West Ashley Civic Association; member of Charleston Confederate Centennial Commission; Board of Visitors of Clemson University; Chairman of the Charter Commission for Consolidated Government of Charleston County.
He was very active at the College of Charleston, serving as president of the Board of Trustees and president of the Foundation Board of Directors. He was presented an honorary degree for his work and dedication to the college.
He served as senior warden of St. Philip's Episcopal Church and on the vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, John's Island. He was a member of St. Andrews Society, St. Cecilia Society, Arion Society, South Carolina Society, Carolina Yacht Club and past president of South Carolina Agricultural Society. He was an avid outdoor enthusiast, active in Ducks Unlimited, Soil Conservation, and S.C. Wildlife. He served as a founding member of the Southeaster Wildlife Exposition. He and his family will be remembered for the annual Soirees that they hosted. He recently was named Director Emeritus. He was a sailing enthusiast and has participated in many local and ocean races in this country and abroad. He was a member of the crew of many of the yachts skippered by Ted Turner. He had man hobbies including beekeeping, bird watching, hunting, and fishing, cooking, cake decorating, gardening, and traveling.
Mr. Hanckel is survived by four sons and two daughters, R. Miles Hanckel, Jr. and wife Pam, William (Bill) H. Hanckel and wife Susan, Burness Hanckel Skinner and husband John, Mary DuTart Hanckel, Paul S. Hanckel and wife Mary Frances, T. Rhett Hanckel and wife Carlene; sixteen grandchildren, R. Miles (Milo) Hanckel, Ryan Hanckel, Hope Hanckel, Will Hanckel, Emily Hanckel, Dawn Skinner Snead, Joy Skinner, John C. Skinner, Beaufort Drum, Christian Drum, Lindsay Hanckel, Katie Hanckel, Alberta Sarah (Allie) Hanckel, Paul J. Hanckel, Jr., Rhett Hanckel, Jr., Greg Hanckel and three great-grandchildren, River Hanckel, Addie Hanckel, and Taylor Snead. He is also survived by his former wife, Sarah Pinckney Hanckel of John's Island and his step-mother, Mrs. Francis Stuart Hanckel of Mt. Pleasant; a brother, Frank S. Hanckel, Jr. and four sisters, Charlotte H. Hay, Eleanor H. Jenkins, Estelle H. Walpole, and Sarah Ann H. Jenkins. Predeceasing Mr. Hanckel is one sister, Pauline (Polly) H. Weston.
63626. Philip Gadsden Hasell Jr.
Charleston Post & Courier
December 17, 2010Philip Gadsden Hasell, Jr. MT. PLEASANT - Philip "Toli" Gadsden Hasell, Jr., 84, husband of Mathilda Elizabeth Siemon Hasell of Mt. Pleasant, SC, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
Mr. Hasell was born on September 30, 1926, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Philip "Pap" Gadsden Hasell and Frances "Muddy" Douglass Hayne Hasell.
He graduated from Dreher High School in Columbia, SC and then attended the University of South Carolina. He received an appointment to the US Naval Academy but by the time he received it he had joined the Navy V-12 Program. The Navy transferred him to Georgia Tech in the Aerospace Engineering Program. Toli graduated from Georgia Tech in 1946 at the age of 20 with a Bachelors Degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy and sent to the Naval Air Station Mojave, California to help develop and test missiles. Toli received his Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1950 and worked for North American's aerospace unit in Downey, California. Toli was sent to the test range at Hawes Airfield near Edwards Air Force Base where he measured the effect of radar patterns of an antenna at different heights.
While working at Edwards he met his future wife, Mathilda Elizabeth Siemon and they were married in August of 1953. When North American moved to Florida, Toli found out that the University of Michigan Research Labs were hiring and the couple moved to Ann Arbor in 1955 and started his work in airborne infrared mapping (Thermal ground mapping). Gradually Toli was assigned more and more duties in support of technical operations and eventually became the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Technical Laboratories.
Toli finally retired in 1991 to his beach house on the Isle of Palms in South Carolina where he was a frequent volunteer for the East Cooper Meals on Wheels and the Adult Literacy Program.Survivors include his loving wife of 57 years, Mathilda Hasell of Mt. Pleasant, SC; one daughter, Susan Frances Hasell of Atlanta, GA; three sons, Philip Hasell, III of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Douglass Morrison Hasell and his wife, Thuy, of Tampa, FL and Herbert Siemon Hasell and his wife, Ruth, of Atlanta, GA; one sister, Frances LaBorde of Columbia, SC and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his two brothers, Duncan Ingram Hasell and Adams Hayne Hasell.
63642. Ruth Whitney Flewelling
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
February 18, 1997MILLBURY - Ruth W. (Flewelling) Hall, 88, of the Millbury Convalescent Center, 5 Rhodes St., died Wednesday in her home.
Her husband, Arthur Hall died many years ago.
She leaves a son, Robert Hall of Nevada, and a daughter, Audrey Hall.
Born in New York, daughter of Stanley and Bessie (Paslow) Flewelling, she lived several years in Millbury.
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
November 20, 1990Memorial services for Charlotte V. ''Ginny'' Flewelling, 65, of 315 Westholm Blvd., Geddes, who died Sunday at her home, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Camillus. Burial will be in Onondaga County Veterans Cemetery.
A native of Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Flewelling also lived in Boston before moving to Syracuse in 1950. She lived in Geddes 35 years. She retired in 1985 from Warners Elementary School after 25 years as a librarian with the West Genesee school district. Mrs. Flewelling began her career as a sixth-grade teacher at Split Rock Elementary School. She continued after her retirement as a substitute librarian until 1989.
Mrs. Flewelling was a 1945 graduate of Kansas University. After graduation, she became a stewardess with Mid-Continent Airlines and later was a secretary with M.I.T. in Boston. Mrs. Flewelling earned her master's degree in from Syracuse University.
Mrs. Flewelling was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, the Onondaga County Retired Librarians Association and the American Association of Retired Persons. She was active in the Elderhostel program. She also was member of Theta Kappa Alpha sorority and the West Hill Country Club.
Surviving are three daughters, Joan Attwood of Flagstaff, Ariz., Laurie Flewelling of Geddes and Diane Helmstetter of Wurtzburg, Germany; a son, Douglas of Camillus; two sisters, Alice Clarkson and Margaret Morgan, both of Kansas City, Mo.; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The Westfield Leader
March 21, 1940.John D. Barr, former prominent resident of Elizabeth, died Saturday (March 16, 1940) at his home, 197 Elm Street. He was the only Republican ever elected to the Elizabeth City Council from the First Ward.
Mr. Barr was born in Scotland and came to this country with his parents when he was 8 years old, about the time that the Singer Manufacturing Co. was removing its plant from Glasgow to Elizabeth. He was employed nearly all his life with the Singer Co., serving as a department head at his retirement about ten years ago. He lived here about twenty years.
In Elizabeth, he was elected to the City Council as a Republican from the First Ward and served from July 2, 1894 to June 30, 1896, holding the position of president of the City Council. Active in the affairs of the Aleyone Boat Club, he served many years as its president. He was a member of Tyrian Lodge, F. & A.M., of Elizabeth, and of the Singer Veterans' Association.
There are no immediate survivors. His wife Luella Bennett Barr, died about two years ago.
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
April 6, 2005EAST KINGSTON -- Marjorie Tice Rowell, 82, of Main Street, died April 4, 2005, at Exeter Hospital after a brief illness.
She was born Feb. 22, 1923, in Boston, Mass., the daughter of Jean (Waldron) and Dewees F. Tice, and was raised in Melrose and Brookline, Mass.
She was a 1940 graduate of Brookline High School, and a 1941 graduate of the Katherine Gibbs School. She lived in the Boston area for many years before moving to East Kingston in 1976. From 1967 to 1983, she was comptroller for Park School in Brookline, Mass.
In addition, she managed accounts for many years for Church of Our Savior in Brookline. She was also a trustee of East Kingston Library. Mrs. Rowell enjoyed gardening, reading, cooking, big band jazz, and the blues.
Family members include her husband, Nathaniel B. Rowell of East Kingston; a brother, B. Kent Tice of Naples, Fla.; two daughters, Emily S. Burr of Manchester and Alison H. Burr of Windsor, Conn.; a son, Sturtevant T. Burr of Newton, Mass.; four grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Sturtevant Burr, of Brookline, Mass.
The Boston Globe
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