Frederick N. Haskell, son of Elbridge Everett and Eva M. Waltz was adopted by Charles C. Haskell
47675. William Francis Haskell
William Francis Haskell, son of Elbridge Everett and Eva M. Waltz was adopted by Charles C. Haskell.
Find-a-Grave
William F. Haskell, Jr., 58, of 23 Brook Road, died in his home today following a long illness. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a shoeworker.
Mr. Haskell was born in Lisbon, on April 11, 1904, son of the late William F. and Ouida Sprague Haskell. he attended Lewiston schools and lived in Lewiston until coming to Portland 20 years ago. He worked in shoe factories in the Lewiston area until World War II when he was employed at the South Portland Shipyards. The past 10 years, he has worked for Sebago-Moc., Inc., Westbrook. He was a member of Cornerstone Lodge, AF & AM; Cornerstone Chapter, OES; Scottish Rite Valley of Portland, and Stevens Avenue Congregational Church.
Survivors include his widow, the former Nellie May Atkinson, and several cousins and aunts.
Legacy
February 11, 2006Gardiner, William (Bill) of Minnetonka, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at the age of 80 on February 10, after a courageous year long struggle with cancer.
Preceded in death by his wife, Peggy.
Survived by children, Kathy (Roger) Pedrick of Waconia, Terri (John) Birrenkott of Minnetrista, John (Jill) Gardiner of Deephaven; grandchildren, Andy (Angela), Billy, Liz (fiancé Matt), Jake, Max, Paige and Hamilton; brother, John (Eileen) of Novato, CA, sister, Mary Ellen of Edmunds, WA and special friend, Barbara Michael.
Bill was a 1943 graduate of West High School in Minneapolis. He attended the University of MN, served in the Navy and worked for Northrup King for 35 years. Following retirement he enjoyed many years of hunting, fishing, and golf with his family and friends. Bill attended hundreds of hockey games, dance recitals, skating shows, swim meets and baseball games. He was known by all as "Grandpa Bill".
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME)
November 25, 2010FAYETTE -- Elizabeth Eveleth Day, 100, of Fayette, formerly of Boston, Damariscotta, and Randolph, N.J., passed away peacefully Monday, Nov. 22, at Heritage Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center, Winthrop. Born in Boston, Mrs. Day was a member of the Wellesley College, class of 1931.
She married Chester Morrill Day, a 1928 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1930. Mr. and Mrs. Day lived in Damarascotta for 14 years following his retirement from New England Telephone Co., before moving to Randolph in 1985. She returned to Maine in 1995, when Chet Jr. retired from Bellcore.
She leaves two sons, Chester M. Jr. of Fayette, and William H.E. of Port Maitland, Nova Scotia; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
The Boston Globe
June 24, 1954Lufkin - In Concord, Marilla E. (Nevens), widow of Rynear Lufkin, in her 81st year.
Mother of Alfred N. and Walter S. Lufkin.
The Boston Globe
July 30, 1966Lufkin - In Concord, July 29. Alfred N. Lufkin. In his 59th year.
Husband of Emeline (Webster), father of Richard N. of Concord.
The Boston Globe
March 18, 1959Melrose - Mar. 17 - Amaziah E Nevens, 82, retired New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. employee, died tonight at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital after a long illness.
Born in New Gloucester, Me., and a Melrose resident for 53 years, Mr. Nevens was with the telephone company for 46 years. He was an engineer in the maintenance department and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers.
Mr. Nevens leaves a wife, Gertrude R. (Burrell); a daughter, Mrs. Ruth N. Clark; three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, and a brother, Martin S. Nevens of Alhambra, Calif.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
February 20, 2013WESTBROOK -- Gertrude Mae Boullie Jordan (Trudy) died on Feb. 18, 2013, with her loving family at her side.
Trudy was born in Greenville on April 7, 1927, and raised in Houlton. She had three brothers and one sister. They were raised in a home with an outhouse, and her home was heated and they cooked solely by wood fire. She always said 'We never knew we were poor.' She picked potatoes every fall in order to make enough money to pay for her own shoes. When Trudy was 16, a teenager, her family moved south to Portland where she gained employment at 'The American Can' (a food packaging plant). Shortly there after Americans were asked by the President to help with the war effort and Trudy answered that call by going to work at the Portland Shipyard. Trudy worked in the kitchen and helped to feed the men and women building the war ships. It was in the shipyard that Trudy would meet Henry Jordan (her future husband and love of her life). They married in 1948 and bought a home in Westbrook, where they raised three children. She lived in this home over 50 years. Henry passed in 1978. Trudy was still very young and began the next chapter of her life.
Trudy was a nanny for many years to several families and helped raise 'her other children' who lovingly referred to her as 'Grammy Jordan' or simply 'Grammie J.' For over 20 years Grammie J. volunteered at Prides Corner church with 'Meals on Wheels', the church fairs, and 'worked the bean suppers.' Grammie J loved her flower and vegetable gardens. She enjoyed 'the simple life,' enjoyed Irish music and being with her family. Trudy never learned to drive but that never stopped her. In May 2001 Grammie Jordan took on the Westbrook postal service, and as such her story made the front page of the Portland Press Herald. Grammie J. was ultimately successful in getting the post office to relocate resident mailboxes to the same side of the road as the residence in turn improving safety for not only herself but also for other elderly residents who had to cross Route 302 every day just to retrieve their mail. Trudy never told her children what she had done and they instead found out when they saw her and read the story on the front page of the paper!
Gertrude Jordan leaves behind her three children, Darrell Jordan and his wife Helen of Windham, James Jordan and his wife, Blanche of Casco, Della Jordan and her partner Scott Mohn of Windham; two step-sons, Edward Jordan and Robert Jordan both of Florida; five grandchildren, Tara Hill, Joseph Jordan, Daniel Jordan, Niel Jordan, and Samantha Mullholland; and 12 great-grandchildren.
75942. Margaret Elizabeth Nickels
Portland Press Herald (ME)
May 8, 1997
Margaret Elizabeth Nickels Heinonen, 78, of Pleasant Valley Road died Tuesday at a Portland hospital. She was born in Portland, a daughter of Albert W. and Flora M. Nevens Nickels. She attended Portland schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1936. She graduated from Westbrook Junior College in 1938 and from Huested School of Occupational Therapy in Boston in 1940. She worked as an occupational therapist at the School of the Handicapped in Boston.
She married Edwin E. Heinonen on May 28, 1942, in Portland. She had lived in Cumberland for 35 years after living in Falmouth for 15 years.
Mrs. Heinonen was a member of West Falmouth Baptist Church, the Mayflower Society and the Pythian Sisters of Falmouth #100.
She owned race horses and was a member of Maine Harness Horse Association, United States Trotting Association and Maine Harness Horse and Breeders Association. She was one of the founding members of the Cumberland County Riding Club. Mrs. Heinonen was an amateur photographer and enjoyed producing photo cards and selling them in the local area. She was a longtime active member of a bowling league and loved playing beano.
Her husband died in 1987.
Surviving are two daughters, Elizabeth Benjamin of Spofford, N.H., and Kathryn Irving of New Gloucester; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
There are no visiting hours. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lindquist Funeral Home, 37 Portland St., Yarmouth, with the Rev. Dr. Alfred Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow in Upper Gloucester Cemetery.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
August 24, 1996
KATHERINE NICKELS SMITH TEACHER, SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Katherine Nickels Smith, 75, of Walnut Hill Road died Aug. 21 at her residence after a brief illness. Born in Portland, daughter of Albert and Flora Nevins Nickels, she graduated from Deering High School in 1939 and from Posse School of Physical Education in Massachusetts in 1942.
In 1942, she married Donald W. Smith of North Yarmouth. From 1959 until 1967, Mrs. Smith taught physical education at Falmouth Junior and Senior high schools. She then was a lifeguard and instructor for the Cumberland Recreation Department Little Dipper Program. In the 1970s and 1980s, she was a ski instructor at Mount Abram in Locke Mills and at Lost Valley in Auburn.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the North Yarmouth Congregational Church. She was a former a member of the Maine State Harness Association and the Brunswick Skating Club. She enjoyed skiing, playing tennis and knitting.
Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Gerald L. of Cumberland and Mark L. Smith of North Yarmouth; a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn S. Glavin of West Palm Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. today in North Yarmouth Congregational Church. Arrangements are by Lindquist Funeral Home, Yarmouth.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
January 4, 2010
Donald W. Smith, 89, championed land preservation
He felt at home in the fields and forests of North Yarmouth, so much so that later in his life, he used his experience as a hunter to locate all of the markers that delineated the boundaries between North Yarmouth and its neighboring communities. Donald W. Smith, right up to the last days of his life, could not stop thinking about his beloved North Yarmouth. In his final days, he left explicit directions for future surveyors to follow, laying out the trails to each marker.
Mr. Smith died Dec. 22 following complications of open-heart surgery at a hospital in Orlando, Fla., where he had wintered for the past several years. He was 89 years old.
''My father was always working on behalf of the town to find good places (to preserve),'' said his daughter, Marilyn Glavin of North Yarmouth. Glavin said her father walked through woods and fields to find the markers because he wanted to make sure ''they were in the right place and were clearly visible.''
Mr. Smith served on the first Future Lands Committee, a group that has used town funds to acquire and preserve open space since it was formed about a decade ago. Mr. Smith played a significant role in helping to create a canoe launch on the Royal River. ''He became one of the town's most eloquent advocates for preserving land,'' added Lincoln Merrill, a close friend, who will sing at Mr. Smith's funeral.
Mr. Smith was born on July 14, 1920, in North Yarmouth. He attended local schools, graduating from Greely Institute in 1938. After high school, he entered the poultry business.
Glavin said her father raised laying hens for a short period before moving on to broiler chickens. She remembers her father receiving shipments of more than 38,000 chicks at their North Yarmouth farm.
Mr. Smith had always been active in sports. As a young man, he played baseball in the Yarmouth Twilight League, and he later coached Little League baseball for 30 years. Merrill said his former coach established the Little League program in North Yarmouth in the 1950s. Despite his interest in youth sports, Mr. Smith also found time to pursue his passion - hunting and fishing. Mr. Smith raised English pointers to serve as birding dogs. He ran the dogs in field trials - similar to a horse show - in Maine and Canada. ''He made a lot of friends in Canada at the field trials,'' Glavin said. He became a Registered Maine Guide, taking clients on bird-hunting adventures throughout the state. And each year Mr. Smith hunted deer and wild turkey.
A few years ago, he sat down and recorded all the dates and places where he bagged a deer. That was quite a feat, his daughter said, because his hunting career spanned a period of six decades.
Despite his age, he remained in good health, and went deer hunting in October. ''Dad knew everything there was to know about wild animals,'' Glavin said. His biggest achievement may have been his effort to perambulate the town.
In the 1990s, he helped locate and reset fallen town markers -æNorth Yarmouth borders five communities. He took photographs of each marker. ''He took on finding those markers as a mission,'' his daughter recalled. ''Don took this stuff seriously,'' Merrill added. ''Because he had hunted in the town all his life, he knew all its nooks and crannies.''
He also gave back to the town. Mr. Smith was a moderator for several North Yarmouth town meetings, as well as serving on the Board of Selectmen and the School Board. ''He once told me he spent 50 years of his life in some type of service to the town,'' Glavin said.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
November 11, 2012Fred P Berndt Sr, 93 - Retired Teacher St. Paul TVI Age 93 ~ of St. Paul Preceded in death by wife, Ruth; brother, Edward.
Survived by wife, Retha; children, Fred Jr. (Dr. Sylvia Sekhon), Steven (Diana), Karl (Mary); daughter-in-law, Lois Berndt; grandchildren, Lisa (John) Britton, Fred III, Aaron (Katie), Andrew (Courtney), Caleb, Jesse (Emily), Luke, Lydia, Elijah, Michael, and Isaiah; 4 great grandchildren; brother, Karl.
75946. Marjorie Lucille Haskell
Nelson Funeral Care
Marjorie L. Kunz
July 11, 1930 - September 18, 2020Marjorie Lucille Kunz Backus, 90, resident of Cloquet, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2020, at her home surrounded by family.
Margie was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Ernest and Stella (Inman) Haskell. She went to school at Minnehaha Academy in St. Paul, MN. Four of her children were born in St. Paul, Minnesota and her youngest son was born in Cloquet. The family then moved to Rapid City, South Dakota. After raising her children, she worked for many years at the Family Thrift Bakery and Jolly Lane Greenhouse. She was a counselor for a singles group with the Canyon Lake United Methodist Church. She loved the Black Hills and all that it had to offer - she was an avid skier, hiker, and enjoyed the outdoors. She married Dr. Byron Charles Backus on May 15, 2008, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. She loved the blue sky, green pines and yellow sunshine!
Margie is preceded in death by her parents, sister Ruth (Fred) Berndt, and son Richard (Dick) Chandler Kunz.
Margie is survived by her husband Byron Backus, Bev (Dick) Kunz, Susan (Darold) Watters, Kathy (Mike) Koschmeder, Nancy (Robert) Endsley, and Jim (Shelly) Kunz. She is also survived by her grandchildren Tara (Jim) Wagner and great-grandson Eli; Jennifer (James) Carver and great-grandchildren Joshua and Kaitlyn; Andy (Jen) Heintz, Jesse (Kristi) Kunz and great-grandsons Ethan and Brandon; Michael Kunz; Sarah (Mike) Serie and great-grandchildren Madyson and Kaleb; Stacy Watters and great-grandchildren Tatum, Chase, Morgan, and Jack; Erik Kunz and great-grandchildren Parker and Paige; Alex (Becky) Kunz and great-grandchildren Langston and Bailey; and Jacob Kunz.