Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME)
January 25, 2008LITCHFIELD -- Granville Dustin Small, 92, died peacefully on Jan. 23, 2008, at his family home in Litchfield. He was born in the same house on Nov. 7, 1915, the son of Delmar Rhoades and Genie (Dustin) Small, and attended the grade school on Pine Tree Road and Litchfield Academy.
From 1942 to 1945, he was a field lineman in the 8th Army, 43rd Division of the 152nd Field Artillery Battalion, and served in Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons, New Guinea and Luzon.
In 1946, he married Elaine Wright, of Auckland, New Zealand. They had one son, Rex. The marriage ended in divorce in 1951.
In 1958, he married Shirley Sylvester, of Litchfield. They had one son, Delmar. Shirley died in 1975.
In 1978, he married Ina Hutchins of Montville, his wife of 30 years, who survives him.
Following his service in World War II and time in New Zealand, Granville returned to the family farm, where he raised livestock and produced lumber and maple syrup for many years. In the late 1960s and 70s, he worked as an electrician and at Globe Albany in Monmouth. Granville greatly enjoyed working the farm, and especially haying and lumbering with a team of oxen. He was known for his honesty, helpfulness in the community, his inventive projects and creative approaches. He was at one time town forester, a member of the Litchfield Grange, the Farmers Club, the Maine Tree Farm Association, the Civil Air Patrol, and a lifelong member of Plains Baptist Church. One of Granville's great life projects, for which he will always be remembered, is restoring the family property to its natural beauty after years of gravel mining. He was predeceased by his brother, Chester Small; and sister Freda Jones. In addition to Ina, he is survived by a sister, Hilda Mitchell and her husband, Emerson, of Gray; a brother, Leo Small and his wife, Fran, of West Gardiner; two sons, Rex Small and his wife, Kathy, of Auckland, New Zealand, and Delmar Small and his partner, Teague Morris, of Litchfield; and twin granddaughters Alannah Marshall and her husband, Rowan, and Vanessa Murphy and her husband, Paul, all of Auckland; and many nieces and nephews.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: James Haskell
Gender: Male
Death Date: 27 Dec 1952
SSN: 017182418
Branch 1: ARMY
Portland Press Herald (ME)
December 29, 2000Ruth Laney Haskell, 81, of Congress Square Plaza died Dec. 28, 2000, at Springbrook Nursing Care Facility.
She was born in Skowhegan, a daughter of Norris and Annie Willett Laney, and attended Skowhegan schools.
She worked at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Connecticut during World War II. She moved to Florida, where she met and married James L. Haskell, who died in 1952.
After her husband's death, Mrs. Haskell returned to Maine to raise her daughters. She worked at the Puritan Restaurant in Portland.
She was a sports fan who followed the Boston Red Sox and other New England teams. A few of her brothers owned racehorses, and she enjoyed attending races.
Surviving are two daughters, Jeanette R. Haskell of Falmouth and Joan H. Warren of Hamden, Conn.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland, where a funeral will follow at 11 a.m.
The Hartford Courant (CT)
July 14, 2000Geneva (Haskell) Potter, 85, of Mark Twain Living Center, Enfield, passed away peacefully Wednesday (July 12, 2000).
She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur Charles Potter, Sr.
She leaves four beloved children, daughters, Marilyn (Potter) Sidway of Rome, NY, Marcia (Potter) Houghton and her husband, Robert of Jacksonville, FL, Muriel (Potter) Roy and her husband, Herman of Enfield; and son, Arthur Potter, Jr. and fiancee, Terry Reed of Enfield. Geneva also leaves a granddaughter, Donna (Houghton) Thames; grandsons, Robert, Douglas and Steven Sidway, Robert Donald Houghton, and Arthur Potter, III, Christopher Potter, Matthew Roy; nine great grandchildren; and many friends.
She was an active resident of Mark Twain Living Center, she served as treasurer of Mark Twain's Social Club. She was also a member of the Golden Ages, AARP, as well as being active at the Enfield Senior Center.
71645. James Lewis Haskell Jr.
Union-News (Springfield, MA)
February 10, 1995James L. Haskell, 67, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died Wednesday in a local nursing home. He was the manager of Morse Shoe Co. in Canton for 22 years, and retired in 1984. Born in New York City, he attended schools here. He lived in the Allston and Cambridge area until returning here in 1986. He was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church.
He leaves two sisters, Sister Eleanor M. Haskell of the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, and Dorothy R. Pezze of Guilderland, N.Y.
The Times Union (Albany, NY)
December 19, 2023GUILDERLAND - Dorothy Ruth Haskell Pezze, homemaker, bookkeeper, fashionista and consummate prankster, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023, at her home, after a long battle originating from complications of squamous cell carcinoma. She was 94.
Dorothy was born on April 19, 1929, in New York City to the late James and Margaret (Rita Mary O'Connor) Haskell. She was the second oldest of four children (James, Dorothy, Eleanor & Barbara). At age 5, the family left NYC and moved a farm in rural Beckett, Massachussetts. A few years later they moved to Pittsfield and lost all their belongings and memorabilia in a storage facility fire.
In 1947, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in Massachusetts and entered the work force as a Dental Assistant for Dr. Farrell & Son in Pittsfield. In 1949, she met her future husband (Frank), who swept her off her feet at a broom dance held at the local YMCA.
In 1951, they married and moved to Albany, where she worked at N.Y. State Department of Health. A faithful Catholic, she honored her marriage vows to be fruitful and multiple, by delivering the first of her six children. In the next 10 years she delivered 3 boys and 3 girls.
Later in life, she began working as a bookkeeper for her husband's insurance business, Pega Risk Managers, on Wolf Road. They later purchased a building in Guilderland and moved their business to Western Avenue where her two sons Kevin and Dan also worked. After she retired in 1992, they would spend winters in their second home in Venice, Florida.
Dot was a fashionista well before the Kardashians arrived, and could have been a model at 5 ft. 9 in. She made sure to wear the latest fashions and would dress us the same.
When she was a child, they couldn't afford much, and one Christmas all she got was an orange in her stocking. As a result, she made sure our holidays, birthdays, and Christmas were different and would shower us with plenty of presents.
Dot was never one to pass up the opportunity for a good prank or to scare people. Of course, that trait was also passed on to her children.
She will be remembered for her quirky nautical sayings such as "I look like the wreck of the Hesperus," or "You look like three sheets to the wind". Dot also made the best macaroni & cheese, pot roast with gravy and baked apple pie.
She was predeceased by her husband Frank of 55 years. She is survived by her six children Frank (Susan) Pezze III, of Guilderland, Mary Ellen (John) Kokoletsos, of Clifton Park, Kevin Pezze, of Delmar, Dan (Carol) Pezze of Loudonville, Eileen Humes of Pennsylvania, and Kathleen (Dale) Jackson, of Guilderland.
She is survived by 16 grandchildren Jennifer, Meghan, Ashley, Francesca, McKenzie, Madison, Tara, Brian, Kristin, Michael, Ian, Cole, Danielle, Erin, Brandon, and Leah.
She is also survived by 20 great-grandchildren: Abigail, Isabelle, Steven, Tanner, Molly, Samantha, Scarlett, Fallon, Brooke, Owen Cameron, Ava, Isla, Declan, Gianna, Charlotte, Grace, Skye, and Ellie. Within hours of passing. her twenty-first great-grandchild was born, named Troy.
71647. Sister Eleanor May Haskell
The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA)
July 28, 2004PITTSFIELD -- Sister Eleanor Haskell of the Sisters of Providence, also known as Sister Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, 74, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Sisters of Providence Infirmary in Holyoke.
Born in Pittsfield on July 8, 1930, daughter of James and Margaret O'Connor Haskell, she was a 1951 graduate of the former St. Luke's School of Nursing. She graduated in 1967 from Boston College with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She entered the Sisters of Providence in 1951.
A registered nurse, Sister Eleanor was supervisor of the intensive and critical care units at Providence Hospital in Holyoke for 12 years. She first was a nurse and clinical supervisor at Providence, Brightside children's center in Holyoke and Mercy Hospital in West Springfield. In 1980, she was appointed coordinator for the Sisters of Providence, living at St. Mary's Residence in Northampton. Following her retirement, she was a driver and companion for other sisters until 2000.
She leaves a sister, Dorothy Pezze of Schenectady, N.Y.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- Sister Eleanor Haskell, who died July 27, 2004, also leaves her nieces Nancy Serridge, Ida Patella and Mary Patella, all of Pittsfield, and Kathleen Jackson of Altamont, N.Y.; her nephew, Anthony Patella of Pittsfield, and her Sisters in Community.
Springfield Union
April 17, 1986PITTSFIELD - Barbara R. (Haskell) Patella, 54, of 58 Hull Ave., a former employee of the New England Telephone Co., died Wednesday at home after a long illness.
Born in Pittsfield, she was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield High School and previously worked at the General Electric Ordnance Department. She was a member and a volunteer of the Berkshire Right to Life organization. She was also a communicant of the St. Mary's Church and a member of the Catholics United for the Faithful and the Blue Army of Our Lady of the Fatima.
Her husband, Michael Patella, died in 1984.
She leaves two sons, Michael G. and Anthony P., both of Pittsfield; four daughters, Margaret M. Pattella of Boston, Nancy A., Mary Beth and Ida M. Patella, all of Pittsfield; two sisters, Sr. Eleanor Haskell of the Sisters of Providence in Holy oke and Dorothy P. Pezze of Schenectady, N.Y.
Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Michael Patella
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1933
Death Date: 23 Dec 1984
SSN: 030245485
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1:30 Mar 1953
Release Date 1: 23 Mar 1955
South County Journal (Kent, WA)
March 3, 2002Beulah L. Harrison of Auburn died Feb. 28, 2002, in Federal Way. She was 96.
Born Aug. 16, 1905, in Ferdinand, Idaho, Mrs. Harrison lived in South County for 75 years.
She was a homemaker in Black Diamond and Shelton, and a past president of Shelton VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed clam digging, crocheting, knitting and traveling.Her husband, Orden T. Harrison, has died.
She is survived by her son, Armond Harrison of Auburn; daughters Thelma Fritts of Spokane and Leona Tveden of Olympia; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Find-a-Grave
At the time of her birth on September 14, 1905, Zelma's parents lived in the now non-existent town of Westlake, Idaho, near Craigmont. On the day before she was born, Zelma's mother Pearl walked down the old Winchester grade on their trip to Lewiston, Idaho. Presumably, the wagon ride down the grade was too bumpy for Pearl to ride in the wagon.
Zelma was probably named for her aunt, Mattie Kauffman Roulet, who died of tuberculosis (in those days called consumption) the same year Zelma was born. The following year, Zelma's father, Jacob D. Kauffman, died of the same disease.
Zelma married Les Ball on December 28, 1922. They had three children, Phyllis, Richard, and Eugene.
Zelma died of cancer at age 36 on November 20, 1941, shortly before Pearl Harbor was attacked. She had resided in Clarkston, Washington since 1928 and died in St. Joseph's Hospital across the Snake River in Lewiston, Idaho, the same town where she was born.