Bangor Daily News (ME)
July 28, 2020Milo - Genevieve Helen (Tonyes) Sturtevant, 101, sleeping peacefully, passed into the glory of heaven, on July 25, 2020, where she is now face to face with her Savior, Jesus.
Genevieve was born January 28, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York. When she was eight, the family moved to Springfield Gardens, Long Island, New York.
Genevieve met her husband Leroy at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts. They were married August 28, 1948; it was a sweltering day in Springfield Gardens.
They moved to the Sturtevant Family Farm in Milo, atop a hill with the best view of Mount Katahdin to the north. Genevieve and Leroy were blessed with four daughters. She was a co-caretaker of elderly folks who boarded in their home. As a pastor's wife, Gen was a helpmate to Roy, who pastored the Church of the Nazarene in Milo. Later, after his passing she attended the Dover-Foxcroft Church of the Nazarene.
She enjoyed singing, directing children's choirs, participated in local cantatas, festivals and service clubs. Genevieve was creative and was an accomplished seamstress and knitter, cook and baker, painter, and gardener; especially growing African violets. She enjoyed beauty in its many forms; music, art, nature and fashion. She loved to laugh. She enjoyed raising dogs; collies, her cockapoo, and West Highland terriers. Spending time with her grandchildren brought much joy. After the death of her husband, Gen was blessed with many years of travel adventures: riding cross country with daughter Lois, an Alaskan cruise and a trip to Europe with longtime friends, and many family visits to Arizona, New York, Nevada, Massachusetts and within Maine.
She was predeceased by her husband Leroy of 34 years; her parents, Henry Tonyes Sr. and Mary (Smith) Tonyes; three brothers, Jackie Tonyes, Edwin and his wife Margaret Tonyes, and William Tonyes; sister-in-law Louise Tonyes; her Aunt and Uncle, Helen and Edward Wisbauer; Aunt and Uncle, Ida and Winfred Bloom; and cousins, Edward Wisbauer, Jane Wisbauer; Winfred Bloom Jr., Clarence Bloom, Viola Bloom.
Genevieve is survived by daughters, Susan and husband, Bob Ellenberger, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Stephanie and husband, Tom Gillis, of Milo, Maine, Lois and husband, Rick Blake, of Gilbert, Arizona, Beth and wife, Tania Sturtevant, of Yarmouth, Maine. Her beloved grandchildren include: Joanna and husband, Erik Ersland, of Gilbert, Arizona, Matthew and wife, Kerri Ellenberger, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Jonathan and wife, Kayla Ellenberger, of Pembroke, Massachusetts; Lesley Gillis and Jeff Melmed of Bangor, Maine, Tom and wife, Marie Gillis, of Berwick, Maine, Stephen and wife, Kara Gillis, of Veazie, Maine, Chet and wife, Brittney Gillis, of Milo, Maine, and Sophia Sturtevant of Yarmouth, Maine. Great-grandchildren blessings include: Tessa and Lily Ersland; Maia, Ruby and Milo Ellenberger; Beverly Ellenberger; Oliver, Jack, Cooper and Phoebe Gillis; Reese and Brooklyn Gillis; Isabella Gillis and her soon-to-be sister.
Genevieve is survived by her brother, Henry Tonyes of Newburgh, New York, sister-in-law, Patricia Tonyes of Hauppauge, New York, cousin, Jeanne and Harry Wisbauer-Lewis of Ona, Florida, faithful friends and many nieces and nephews.
Syracuse Herald-Journal (NY)
April 9, 1994Robert S. Cook, retired president of A.E. Nettleton Shoe Co., Syracuse, died Thursday in Nashua, N.H. He was 87.
Mr. Cook was a former resident of Lewis Lane in Fayetteville. He retired in 1971 after 42 years with A.E. Nettleton Shoe Co. He became president in 1957, succeeding his father, Henry W. Cook, who died in 1964.
Mr. Cook was a 1929 graduate of Yale University.
His wife, the former Jane Woodward, died in January.
Mr. Cook served as a director of the National Shoe Manufacturers' Association and as a trustee of Wells College. He was president of the Boys Club of Syracuse, a vice chairman of the Community Chest of Syracuse and Onondaga County and a founder of the Skaneateles Yacht Club.
While living in the Syracuse area, Mr. Cook was an elder of the United Church of Fayetteville.Surviving are a daughter, Marion C. Houston of Amherst, N.H.; a son, Robert S. Jr. of New York City; and four grandchildren.
72533. Constance Hawthorn Cook
The Hartford Courant (CT)
May 15, 1996ROUTIEN. Constance Cook Routien, 84, of Lyme, CT, died recently at the New London Convalescent Home in Waterford after a long illness.
Born in Syracuse, NY, the daughter of H.W. Cook, owner of Nettleton Shoe Company, and Grace Rose Cook, she was married first to Dr. John C. M. Brust and then to Dr. Gerald T. Church.
With her first husband, Dr. Brust, she had three children; with her second, Dr. Church, she had one.
After a busy life in Syracuse she married Richard Connolly and moved to Old Lyme, CT.
After the loss of her third spouse, she married Dr. John B. Routien.
She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, The Old Lyme Country Club, the Old Lyme Beach Club, the Lyme Garden Club, and a number of other social groups.
In addition to Dr. Routien, survivors include three sons, Dr. John C.M. Brust, Jr., of New York City, Nicholas C. Brust of Fayetteville, NY, and Dr. Gerald T. Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI; two stepson, John E. Church of Farmington Hill, MI and Thomas F. Church of McCall, ID; and several grandchildren.
She was predeceased in 1976 by a daughter, Margaret Sefershayan.
Dr. John Calvin Morrison Brust
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Parents Herbert Brust & Margaret Morrison
Cause of death: fracture of skull from a fall in his room at the Hotel Syracuse
Survived by wife Constance and three children, Margaret, John Jr. and Nicholas.
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Born Harry Maynard Fowle to William Parker Fowle and Susan Maria Rising (27 Apr 1834 Hartford, CT - 18 Sep 19111 Newton, MA). Husband of 1) Mabel Frances Rowe, 2) Ella Bentley. He apparently moved west and changed his name from Harry Maynard Fowle to Howard Malcom Forbes some time before he met his 2nd wife.
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Brayton Stark was University Organist at Denison University, Granville, Ohio from 1927 until 1961. He held a bachelor's degree from Denison and a master's from the Guilmant Organ School in New York . He was also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists. In addition to his teaching and chapel duties, he was an active recitalist. He was largely responsible for the design of the Austin Organ in Swasey Chapel.
In 1930, he married Priscilla Fowle, Denison's Dean of Women.
He built an organ with over 2,000 pipes for their home. After retirement, he played annual Christmas recitals up into his 90s. He died after a fall from a ladder while he was repairing a grandfather's clock. He was an Army veteran of World War I.
His obituary was published in The Newark Advocate on December 20, 1988.
72538. Florence Louise Stetson
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
January 8, 2006Pipes, Florence Stetson, 88 of Fort Lauderdale, FL, died peacefully on Friday, January 6, 2006, the day Our Lord's Epiphany is celebrated.
Florence was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 15, 1917.
She moved to Fort Lauderdale in the early 1960's and has been a dedicated and cherished member of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church for over twenty five years, including teaching Sunday School classes.
Florence is predeceased by her father, noted astronomer Harlan T. Stetson, whose telescopes and charts were donated to the Broward Junior College several years ago. She is also predeceased by her husband, Louis Pipes and two sons, Gerald and Harold Pipes.
Florence was also instrumental in developing a flourishing Shaklee Distributorship in the Sunrise area, and made many lasting friendships through her business.
Florence is survived by her nephews, Richard Quinsey and David Quinsey, and nieces Betsy Smith and Priscilla Horn; several grandnieces and grandnephews in Florida, Illinois and California; and her dear friend and companion Charles D. Sell of Fort Lauderdale.
Fred Nelson Haskell was a railroad conductor.
The following from Richard A. Dutton:
Sidney Burritt Haskell, b. 15 May 1881 Fargo, Dakota Terr.; m. 25 Dec. 1908, Florence Dacey; d. 5 Apr. 1965, Middletown, NY. BS, D. Sc., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,. Agronomist, head of Dept., of Agronomy, MA. Agriculture College; manager, Barrett Division of Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. He was one of the earliest advocates of chemical fertilizer applications that are now commonplace.
The Beaumont Enterprise (TX)
January 5, 2001Jane P. Haskell, 90, of Port Arthur died Jan. 4, 2001, at Port Arthur Community Health Center.
A native of Seattle, she lived in Port Arthur many years and was a retired registered nurse.
Survivors include her daughter, Suzanne Haskell Honeycutt of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; grandson, Grant Honeycutt of Myrtle Beach; and granddaughters, Kellie Honeycutt of Myrtle Beach and Stacie Honeycutt of Japan
The Lincoln County News
November 30, 2014Alice Haskell Fleming, 94, passed from this world on Nov. 17.
Alice lived in the Damariscotta area for the last 31 years, and previous to that her life was pleasantly entangled with Maine for many more years. Her family had a summer place on Dutch Neck from about 1935 to 1950. Alice loved it there and always wanted to come back.
Alice was born in Baltimore, Md. in 1920. She grew up in Amherst, Mass. where her father ran the Agricultural Experiment Station at UMass. She went to high school in Mamaroneck, N.Y. and she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College in 1942.
Alice was kind, compassionate, frugal, very independent, and uncompromising about her principles. Some would describe this as being pigheaded. She was hard on people who were unkind to animals, or who were guilty of using bad grammar. As far as was known, no one ever beat her at a game of Scrabble.
After college, she worked as an executive secretary for 17 years in New York City. Then she moved to Denver, Col. to marry William Noble Fleming and to teach kindergarten for five years. Eventually, after a divorce, she moved to Maine to build and live in her dream house. She was a founding member of the local Unitarian Fellowship, and she was known for writing acerbic and grammatically correct letters to the newspaper.
Alice is survived by two nephews and their families who live in New York State.
She was active in many liberal organizations such as those fighting for the environment and seeking to control overpopulation. She loved words, singing, hiking, houses, birds, chipmunks, and cats. Her family likes to think that she was the one who always heard the music.
The following from Richard A. Dutton:
Raymond Haskell was employed by AT&T until retirement. He resided in Sturbridge, MA
Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA)
March 20, 2022WESTON HASKELL (WES) was born in the City of Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey to Lena Edna Waldron and Raymond Arnold Haskell, whom he often fondly referred to as "Pop".
Being gifted with a brilliant mind, Wes became a dedicated student and, after attending Duke University, as an undergrad for 3 years, he went on to achieve a PHD in Petroleum Chemistry in 2 years at Princeton University. Wes served his country joining the regular army, based in Hawaii, from June 1946 to April 1949.
He married Dorothea Gosnell "Kit" and they had two children "Cindy" and "Patrick". Sadly they divorced in l963 and Weston re-married Diana Bremer in 1965, who gave him another son "Walter".
Wes became a Research Scientist for Shell Oil Company and moved his entire family over to their depot in Chester, England, where they lived for 3 years. Wes continued to work for Shell in various States throughout the USA, spending most of his career in Houston, Texas. After 36 years, he retired in December l992. Wes then set up his own company named "Haskell Pharmaceuticals" and continued his passion for research. In 2005, Wes discovered that green pecan shucks contained an antiseptic property that could fight against MRSA which, undoubtedly, could save millions of lives in hospitals and on the battle field. Wes managed to obtain a grant of $40,000 for Methodist Hospital Lab Houston to conduct clinical trials on his discovery but, regrettably, he was not able to obtain further sponsorship from DARPA.
Ironically, Wes contracted this deadly infection during the last days of his life!
Weston had a vivid imagination and, during his retirement, he went on to write several part fictional books including "The Mendocino Chapter" and "An Interesting Companion".
He also became President of the Art Society in Houston and was often invited to be a Judge at several Science and Engineering Fairs. In 20l5, at the age of 87, Wes re-married a British lady, living in Spain, named Kathryn Wilson. The couple moved to Sequim and had their wedding ceremony in the garden of their new home "Dreamland" in Highland Hills, this estate being built by the Bell family from Scotland. Co-incidentally, after marrying, they discovered that they both had Scottish heritage dating back to "Robert the Bruce", who was the King of Scotland during the 12th century. Consequently, the couple decided to name their newly adopted cat "Mr. Bruce". Wes enjoyed traveling extensively with his younger wife to Spain, Alaska, Florida, California, Mexico, Hawaii and Canada, during the "golden years" of his life.
Being a water sign, Wes loved the sea and enjoyed many years sailing his yacht in Galveston Bay. The newly wed couple also joined the Sequim Bay Yacht Club and enjoyed sailing their jointly owned 32 ft yacht named "New Frontiers". Wes was a great athlete and received several awards for swimming, enjoying other water sports like ski-ing and scuba diving.
Sadly, he died on 4th March, 2022, in Highland Court Nursing Home, Port Angeles, only 2 weeks from reaching his 94th birthday. Wes had been an avid jogger since the age of 26 and this physical fitness program surely contributed to his longevity. Wes was very sociable, fun loving, with an extremely young spirit behind his blue sparkling eyes, as well as heart of GOLD.
He will be sadly missed by all who knew him and is survived by two sons and four grandchildren. As he wanted to be cremated, his wife is going to ensure that he receives a full military honor's burial at sea by the local Coastguards. MAY HE REST IN PEACE!
Austin American-Statesman (TX)
November 21, 2006Diana Catherine Haskell died at age 75 in Austin, Texas. She struggled with cancer of the jaw for the past year and finally succumbed on November 13, 2006.
Mrs. Haskell had recently retired from practice as a Licensed Master Social Worker and Advanced Clinical Practioner. She specialized in individual and family therapy and she conducted her own private practice in Houston, Texas. She held a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of Missouri (1952) and a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (1960). She also received a Lifetime Teachers Certificate - State of Missouri - from Harris Teachers College. She was the recipient of three scholarships while pursuing her studies in social services. Her certifications included that of an ACSW-CSW-ACP from the State of Texas, as well as State Teachers Certificates from the States of Illinois and Missouri.
In addition, Mrs. Haskell attended numerous courses and undertook several research projects in psychology at the University of Houston. An example of her research is the paper she presented in 1987 to the 11th Annual National Conference of Social Workers: "Television/Movie Violence and Psychological Processing of Aggression Management". Mrs. Haskell studied with prominent individuals in her field such as renowned psychologist Bruno Bettelheim at the University of Chicago.
Mrs. Haskell devoted her life to others in a varied career in public service, including work as a teacher, social worker, case worker, and public assistant. For example, in casework for the Bensenville Home Society, she worked primarily with foster children and their adoptive parents, including disturbed parents and children. She secured proper home environments, counseled parents, maintained follow-up procedures, and attended court hearings. Another example of her public service was the development and implementation of a pre-school program for the Grace Presbyterian Church of Houston.
Diana was the youngest of three children of the late Jesse Bremer and the late Eunice Bremer of Hillsboro, Illinois. She married Weston Haskell of Edwardsville, Ill., in 1965 and bore their son, Walter, in 1967. She also helped raise Mr. Haskell's small children, Patrick and Cindy from a previous marriage. The couple was divorced in 1985.
Mrs. Haskell is survived by her son, Walter Haskell, of Austin, Tex.; sister, Jane Price of Hendersonville, NC; brother, John Bremer, of Fort Lauderdale, FL; step-son, Patrick Haskell of Austin, Tex.; and step-daughter, Cindy Rose of Sturbridge, MA.
Tampa Bay Times (FL)
August 11, 2012HASKELL, William B. 83, of Spring Hill, died Aug. 6, 2012. Survived by son, William R. Haskell; granddaughter, Vivian Lahela; brother, Weston Haskell.