The Marblehead Reporter (MA)
August 3, 2013Elynore Rowe Thayer aged 99, died peacefully on August 01, 2013. She was born in Lynn and was the wife of the late Richard Salter Thayer. She was the daughter of the late George F. and Bridgid (Delia) Rowe of Lynn. Elli, was a graduate of Vesper George Art School in Boston.
Elli volunteered for many local organizations, including 30 years as a nurses aide with the Marblehead Red Cross. She was a member of the Marblehead Garden Club, the Winter Garden Club and the Marblehead Neck Improvement Association (MNIA). In addition to being the treasurer of the MNIA, Elli meticulously compiled the information for the Neck Directory for many years. She was on the Board of Directors of the Marblehead Historical Society, the Old Marblehead Improvement Association (OMIA). She was an active member of the League of Women Voters.
Ellis commitment to sailing dominated her life from 1964 to the early 1990s. She was the Senior Treasurer for the Pleon Yacht Club from 1959 to 1961 and Secretary, Treasurer and Scorer for the Marblehead Racing Association for over 20 years. She was the recipient of the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce Race Week Trophy in 1988. She was an honorary member of the Corinthian Yacht Clubs Race Committee and has achieved the status of Member No. 1 at the Corinthian.
Ellis primary love in life was the music she shared with her late husband, Dick. Ellis very attuned ear allowed her to hear the song and put it to the piano keyboard with chord embellishments easily. Elli and Dick played together nightly throughout their 39 years of marriage, Dick on the clarinet and she on the piano.
She leaves her two daughters, Joan Thayer of Marblehead, and Sarah Louise Thayer and her husband Nathaniel C. Wales of Kodiak Island, Alaska; three granddaughters: Joanna Pero Claar of Milford, NH, and her two children Bailey and Tyler; Angela Pero of Salem, NH; and Victoria Pero of Salem, MA. Elli was predeceased by her daughter, Ellen Thayer Pero of Marblehead, her sister, Alyce Libby of Annapolis, MD, and her brother, William Rowe of Kirkland, Washington.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Stanley Dunbar Jr Forbes
Service Info.: SSGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1911
Death Date: 13 Mar 1959
Service Start Date:21 Jun 1943
Interment Date: 27 Mar 1959
Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Cemetery Address:1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno, CA 94066
Buried At: Section Q Site 4817
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
January 12, 2001YARMOUTHPORT - Edward K. Jackson, 85, a Cape resident since 1972, died Sunday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.
He was the husband of Margery (Holden) Jackson for 61 years.
Mr. Jackson was born in Hyde Park and raised in Winchester. After graduating from Winchester High School in 1933, he went to work for his father at New England Mutual Life. He retired in 1972 as underwriting secretary after 40 years with the company.
He and his wife moved from Reading to South Yarmouth in 1972 and in 1980 built a new home in Yarmouthport.
Mr. Jackson was an active member of St. David's Episcopal Church and the Bass River Golf Course.
Besides his wife, Mr. Jackson leaves one son, Jeffrey Jackson of Yarmouthport; one daughter, Sally McAtee of Erie, Pa.; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
February 1, 2003JACKSON - Margery H. (Holden). of West Yarmouth, January 29, 2003, at the age Of 90.
Wife Of the late Edward K. Jackson. Mother Of Sally J. McAtee Of Erie, PA and Jeffrey H. Jackson Of Sandwich, MA. She is also survived by one grandson, two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Newsletter of the Haskell Family Society
Volume 8, No. 3, September 1999On Monday July 4, 1927, after a long illness, William Andrew Haskell died at his home at 517 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Center, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of the late William A. and Mary (Coburn) Haskell of Boston. A close friend of Mark A. Hanna, vice president of the New York and New England Railroad, he was associated with railroad pioneering throughout the country.
Mr. Haskell was educated in Boston and went as a young man with the Bell Telephone Company to Canada, where he spent about ten years establishing the telephone system in remote districts. Following the death of his father, Mr. Haskell returned to Boston where he resided until the time of his death.
In 1901 he married Miss Josephine S. Sterry, who died in 1916. Two years later he married Miss Margaret L. Barry of Newton Center, who survives him, as do two children, William A. Haskell, Jr., and Miss Margaret Haskell. Mr. Haskell's brother, Coburn Haskell, who died in 1922, invented the Haskell golf ball and was a well known sportsman.
Boston Globe
April 18, 2010:William A. Haskell , 90, died peacefully Monday, April 5, 2010, at Hawthorne House after a long illness. He was born in Newton Centre, MA on June 19, 1919, the son of William Andrew Haskell and Margaret Barry Haskell. He graduated from Lenox School for Boys in MA and Trinity College in Harftford, CT with Bachelor of Science in 1941. He married in Dallas, TX, his wife of 59 years, the late Catherine "Cappy" L. Haskell of Atlanta, GA.
He was an officer in the army Air Corps and served as an instructor pilot until the end of WWII. He was a 35 year resident of Hingham, MA where he was a member of St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church and Hingham Yacht Club. He was a retired bank officer and commercial pilot. He loved sailing, ocean racing, flying, soaring, genealogy, and playing cribbage. He and his wife moved to The Highlands in Topsham, ME in 1998.
Survivors include a daughter, Anne H. Ekstrom of Sacramento, CA; a son, William A. Haskell, Jr. of Northridge, CA; a sister, Margaret H. Smith of Freeport, ME; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: William A Haskell
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Middlesex
Enlistment Date: 12 Jul 1941
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Boston
Branch: Air Corps
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Actors and actresses
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 142
Portland Press Herald
March 24, 2011FREEPORT -- Margaret Haskell Smith, of Windsor Post Road, Freeport, died on March 21, 2011, at home in Freeport.
Mrs. Smith was born on Aug. 14, 1920, in Newton Center, Mass., the daughter of William A. Haskell and Margaret Lincoln Barry. She spent her years in Newton Center attending local schools. In 1935 she entered The Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y., from which she graduated in 1938. She then attended Smith College, graduating in 1942.
Her summers were spent at the family cottage in Blue Hill, and it was in Blue Hill at the age of 16 that she met her future husband Halsey Smith of South Orange, N.J. They were married in Trinity Episcopal Church, Newton Center on Dec. 19, 1942.In 1945, after Mr. Smith's return from duty in the Marine Corps., they settled in Orange, N.J., where they lived until 1951. In September of that year, Mr. Smith became associated with the Casco Bank and Trust Company and the family moved to the Portland area, settling on the Blackstrap Road in Falmouth. In 1969 they moved from Falmouth to Freeport.
Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her parents; her husband; her brother, William A. Haskell of Topsham; and a son-in-law, Gerald A. Shafts.
She is survived by her four children, Margaret Coburn Smith and her partner Sandra Bishop of Landrum, S.C., Karen W. Shafts of West Roxbury, Mass., Halsey Smith Jr. and his wife Cynthia of Wellington, Fla., and Ellen Ebert and her husband Daric of Freeport. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Heather Winson of South Portland and her husband Rob, Melissa Sykes of Lynnfield, Mass., and her husband David, Emily Ebert of Burnham-on-Crouch, UK and her husband Harry, Nicholas Ebert of Portland, Zachary Smith and Dean Smith of Wellington, Fla.; and eight great- grandchildren.
The Marblehead Reporter (MA)
March 25, 2010Joseph C. Roper Jr. died peacefully in his sleep on March 13, 2010. A former Commodore of both the Hingham and Eastern Yacht Clubs, he was an avid sailor. He cruised extensively up and down the East Coast, especially Maine. During his post retirement years on their trawler "East-ward," he and his beloved wife Barbara covered 35,000 miles from the Canadian border to the Caribbean. In addition Joe was known for his talents as an artist, woodworker and model maker. He also self-published a number of biographical works and essays.
After graduating from Yale University, he served with distinction as a naval commander in the South Pacific during World War II. Joe's professional career included advertising management at United Shoe Machinery and international sales for Prime Manufacturing in Lynn.
He leaves his three sons:Joseph III (Skip) and Jan of Hingham; Chris and Susan of Marblehead; and David and Mary Kay, also of Marblehead. In addition he leaves six grandchildren; Janet Henderson, Emily Roland, and Marc, Jonathan, Nicholas, and Allison Roper, eight great-grandchildren, and his dear friend Barbara Ramsey.
He was predeceased by his wife Barbara of 57 years, his second wife Ginny, and his daughter in law, Holly.
The New York Times
January 21, 2002LYDGATE-William A. died Jan. 21, 1998. Beloved father of Sally and John. He taught us well, and we miss him, especially since Sept. 11, 2001.
Businessman, author, long-time hospital trustee; Former Pres. & Chrmn. Earl Newsom & Co.; Editor Gallup Poll; author
What America Thinks''; Chrmn. Foreign Policy Assoc.; Trustee St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hosp.; Dir. NY Blood Center & United Hospital Fund. Named Trustee of the Year 1986. Born Nov. 18, 1909, Lihue, HI. A graduate of Yale Univ. 1931; Chrmn.
Yale Daily News''; member Skull and Bones.
Survived by his widow Cynthia, 3 other children and 9 grandchildren.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
August 7, 2005KEENE, NH James McKee Barry, 78, of Keene, NH died on Sunday July 31 at his home after a short battle with lung cancer.
He leaves his wife of two and a half years, Joyce Evans Barry. His wife of 45 years, Diane Palady Barry, passed away January 2002. He also leaves a son, Craig McKee Barry and his wife, Sherry, of Shrewsbury, MA; two daughters: Heather Andrade of Auburn and Debbie Umphries of Terre Haute, IN; six grandchildren; a great grandchild; five step children and nine step grandchildren.
Born in 1927 in Muscatine, Iowa the son of Edward H. and Nellie (McKee) Barry. Jim was a graduate of Noble and Greenough in Dedham and Harvard University. After serving in the Navy in WW II, Jim attended graduate classes at the University of Iowa. A long time resident of Westboro, MA and Grafton, MA, Jim was a sales engineer (materials enviornmental testing equipment).
He was a President of the Westboro Pistol Club and leader for the Westboro Junior Rifle Club. Jim won many state pistol matches and competed on a national level. Jim was an avid pilot and loved to fly.
In the early 70s Jim and Diane Barry started Highfields Plantation Christmas Tree Farm in Grafton. In 1982 the Barrys built a home at Highfields Plantation. Jim was an active member of the Congregational Church of Grafton. In 1998 Jim and Diane retired to Flat Rock, NC where Jim was a volunteer for the Special Olympics.
After marrying Joyce Evans in 2003, Jim moved to Keene, NH. Jim and Joyce had spent the past winter in Florida.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA)
January 11, 2002FLAT ROCK, N.C. -- Diane (Palady) Barry, 72, of Flat Rock, formerly of Grafton, Mass., former medical secretary, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Pardee Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
She leaves her husband of 44 years, James M. Barry; two daughters, Heather N. Andrade of Auburn, Mass., and Deborah V. Umphries of Terre Haute, Ind.; a son, Craig McKee Barry of Shrewsbury, Mass.; and six grandchildren. She was born in Massachusetts, daughter of Theodore F. and Vera A.E. Palady, and lived in Brevard before moving to Flat Rock in 1999. She graduated from Lasell Junior College in Newton, Mass.
Mrs. Barry was a medical secretary at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. From 1977 to 1987, she was a secretary to the Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association, while she and her husband raised Christmas trees. She earned status as a master gardener with the Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service and was program chairman of the Grafton Garden Club, director of the Grafton Land Trust and president of the Friends of Grafton Public Library.
She was an active member of First Congregational Church of Hendersonville and a former member of Evangelical Congregational Church, Grafton. She taught English to Mexican immigrants at Blue Ridge Community College. She was also a Girl Scout leader.
The Gazette
June 16, 2010JOLANTA SISE 1927 - 2010
Jolanta Sise (nee Zdzitowiecka) suddenly on Saturday, June 12 following emergency surgery for a fractured hip.
She is survived by her son Hazen Jerzy Sise of Vancouver, BC and his family (Joy, Emma & Priya); her sister Maria Horyn Zdzitowiecka of Montreal, her stepdaughter Gail Sise Grossman (Richard) of Durango, Colorado; and her extended family of Skorzewskis, Khotes, Sises, Porteouses, Drummonds and their ilk, and by the diasporatic Polish community of Montreal.
Born to a land-holding family in western Poland, her idyllic childhood was shattered by the onslaught of WWII, her family and society engulfed within the first few days of September 1939. What followed was an adolescence at the mouth of hell, witness to the worse that history has on offer. While helping her family survive, she attended school at Szkola S.S. Niepokalanek in Szymanow and was drawn into junior resistance activities leading up to the Nazi retreat. After the change of regime, she completed her schooling under an assumed name, and eventually, in 1948, was smuggled across the Baltic to Sweden. After a few years of aculturation and vocational training, she departed in 1950 to join her refugee cousins in Ste. Adele, Quebec.
Jola thrived in Canada, meeting and marrying Hazen Edward Sise, an architect and scion of a prominent Montreal family. She worked for many years administering in the Department of Philosophy at McGill, where she particularly enjoyed helping many international students adapt to the challenges & pleasures of life in Montreal and Canadian winters. More than anything, Jola loved bringing together a heterodox group of family, academics and visitors from afar for a sumptuous meal around the table at Victoria Avenue or at her beloved cottage in North Hero, Vermont. It was inevitably a joyous, polyglot and off-kilter affair, much enjoyed by all. She will be sadly missed by her family and a wide circle of friends spanning the globe for her generosity, humour, intelligence and grace, and her great service to others.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL)
April 27, 2010Humphrey, Carol Frances
Nov. 6, 1917 - April 23, 2010Carol Frances Humphrey, 92, of Boca Grande, formerly of Southampton, N.Y., died April 23, 2010.
Survivors include her son, Peter; daughters Susan and Sarah; and eight grandchildren.
Born Carol Frances Sise, she grew up in Montreal, Canada, and moved to the United States following her marriage to Frank J. Humphrey Jr.
She lived in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.; New York City; Southampton; and Boca Grande.
As a loving and much loved mother and grandmother, she will be remembered as a gracious example of fairness, kindness and generosity. A great lady, at age 92 she was as sharp as ever and keenly interested in literature, travel, sports and world affairs. She will be missed by all who knew her.