42616. Gwendolyn Patricia Haskell
Courtesy of Stephanie Wrightson
Gwen's mother, Ruth King, was married to Paul Haskell with whom she had 2 children (Isabel and Leland). Paul died young (family lore says from the flu epidemic). Ruth married Paul's uncle, James Haskell.
According to Gwen, her father was older and was very indulgent (he called her "Gwenie"). He didn't think that she should cook or clean house - that she would have many years to do that when she was older and married. As a result, Gwen, as an adult, had few dishes she prepared from scratch. She admitted that she was spoiled as a child and, as an adult, loved to have her husbands wait on her.
Gwen was very fun-loving and enjoyed a good joke and a before-dinner cocktail. When she married her first husband, Charles Hall, they went on their honeymoon (during which she got pregnant with her first child, Leland) and, immediately afterwards, Charles left for the military. Gwen moved in with her parents while Charles was deployed and when finished college and taught school (PE and Art). Her parents provided most of the infant/toddler care for her children.
She loved her grandchildren, but really didn't know what to do with them until they got old enough to understand a joke. She was an accomplished artist (working primarily in oils and commissioned some of her work in early adulthood). She enjoyed decorating; collecting, displaying and cataloging family heirlooms; and handiwork such as knitting and crocheting.
She lived in a number of locations with Charles (including Rock Island, IL, El Paso, TX and Germany) before his death in Fairfax, VA in 1975. She moved to Summerville, SC to be near her son, William (Bill). There she met and married Dr. Joe Cleveland who taught dentistry in a Charleston university. The marriage ended in divorce.
Gwen moved, last, to Lake of the Woods (Locust Grove, VA) where she had a lovely home on the golf course. One day shortly before her 65th birthday, she sat and fell backwards on her bed, and was found dead by her brother, Leland, the next day.
Gwen was from the old school - where a woman was not supposed to be smarter than a man. She played her part and "batted" her eyelashes, but, actually, was very smart and shrewd regarding financial matters and in other important ways. She was generous with her things and loved to share her treasures if they were admired by someone (her family was a great collector of heirlooms and she added extensively to the collection).
Courtesy of Stephanie Wrightson
Charles was deployed (WWII - Africa, Italy, France and Germany) shortly after his marriage to Gwen. When he returned, he worked at the Rock Island Arsenal (as a GS-1) and went to college at the same time on the GI Bill. With his degree, he entered the human resources management field in the Federal civil service (Dept of Army) and worked for them in many locations (El Paso, TX; Germany; Vietnam; Virginia). He was waiting for disability retirement as a GS-15 Personnel Officer with the Military District of Washington (in Arlington, VA) when he died from a heart attack on the golf course. He was residing in Fairfax, VA at that time. He loved fishing at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on the Atlantic Ocean, and his ashes were scattered in the ocean there.
According to his wife, Charles was an extrovert, a gentleman, a great softball player, an avid golfer and fisherman, made a mean martini, and was the love of her life. He was deployed in WWII immediately after their honeymoon...during which Gwen became pregnant with her first son. When he returned, he went to college on the GI bill and had a mail room job at the Rock Island Arsenal where he was a GS-1. He got into personnel management when he graduated and moved up to the top of the General Schedule to GS-15.
_____The Washington Post
July 4, 1975Charles Hall, Personnel Chief for Army Branch. Charles J. Hall, 54, chief of the civilian personnel branch of the U.S. Army Military Traffic Management Command, died of a heart attack Sunday. He was stricken while playing golf at the International Town and Country Club in Fairfax. He had been on medical leave since suffering a heart attack last November.
Mr. Hall, a native of Burlington, Iowa, served with the Army in Africa, Italy, France and Germany during World War II. After the war, he attended Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., and received bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Iowa University. Mr. Hall joined the federal government in 1952 as a trainee in civilian personnel management at the Rock Island Arsenal. He was an employee utilization technician at the White Sands missile range in New Mexico from 1952 to 1960. He then moved to Heidelberg, Germany, where he served as deputy chief of the program evaluation branch of the U.S. Army in Europe.
From 1963 to 1965, he was in Berlin as civilian personnel officer for the U.S. Army. Mr. Hall returned to this country to serve as civilian personnel officer at Ft. Bliss, Tex., and Rock Island Arsenal. He came to Washington in 1969 to serve as director of civilian personnel for the Military District of Washington.
In April, 1972 Mr. Hall was sent to Vietnam to direct the U.S. Army work force. In 1973, he was responsible for the beginning of the phase-out of some of the U.S. civilian and Vietnamese work force. He returned to Washington that year as chief of civilian personnel for the Military Traffic Management Command.
He is survived by his wife, Gwendolyn H. Hall, of the home, 4033 Olley La., Fairfax; two sons, Leland H., of Hampton, Va., and William H., of Charleston, S.C.; his mother, Mrs. Clair Schultz, of Rockford, Ill.; a brother, William H., of Omaha, Neb., and a sister, Mr. (sic) Robert Elliott, of Glencoe, Ala.
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Suzanne (Sue) was born in Oakland, Ca. on July 15, 1921 to Robert Wing and Martha Lincoln.
Her early years were spent in Piedmont, Ca. Reno, Nv., and Cleveland, Oh. She moved to Santa Maria, Ca. during her high school years where she met and married her husband, Malcolm L. Litzenberg. She graduated from Santa Maria High School in 1939. Sue went to Business College and enjoyed her career in banking. Malcolm and Sue were married for 57 years. She loved to golf, play cards and spend time with family and friends. In her retirement years, Sue and Malcolm spent 5 years in Medford, Or. and 3 years in Anderson, Ca. enjoying the rural farm life. Family and friends drew them back to Santa Maria once again. About 2 years ago, Sue moved to Lancaster, Ca. to live near her daughters. Sue will be remembered for her dedication to family, her generous spirit and her joyful demeanor. She went to be with the Lord on Dec. 23, 2012.
She was preceded in death by her sister Roxie (Taylor) Hopkins and her husband Malcolm.
She is survived by her sister Sally Scaroni and her 2 daughters and their spouses, Jim and Jane Phillippi and Sean and Kay Appleton. She also had 5 grandsons, Ryan, Daniel. and Chad Phillippi and Aaron and Brandon Appleton. She also had 2 great- grandchildren, Ryan and Kylee Appleton.
Per Correspondence with F. Gilmore Briigs
My wife was under state custody in a foster home, in Palmer Maassachusetts before she was 5 years old. She was taken out of the home in Palmer sometime by ten years old or little before and place in an orphanage but she didn't remember where. In 1935 she was placed in the Elmer Robinson home in Raynham Massachusetts. Mrs. Robinson adopted her when she was about 19 and change her name to Alice Robinson and she stayed there until we were married on May 26, 1956
The Raynham Call
June 25, 2008
Alice R. Briggs, 85, of Raynham, died on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Morton Hospital, Taunton. She was the wife of F. Gilbert Briggs.She was a resident of Taunton for 41 years, before moving to Raynham. Mrs. Briggs was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Raynham, for 73 years. She enjoyed cooking, and doing crafts.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Briggs leaves a son and his wife, Brian G. and Maureen Briggs of Taunton; a daughter and her husband Elizabeth A. and David Gauthier of Berkley; and two granddaughters, Sarah and Hannah Gauthier of Berkley.
A memorial service, to which relatives and friends are invited to attend, will be held on Sunday, July 13 at 2 p.m., in the First Baptist Church of Raynham. Donations in her memory may be sent to The First Baptist Church of Raynham, remembrance fund, 494 Church St., Raynham, MA 02767.