Telegraph Journal
January 25, 1954Coles Island - The death of Lester M. Verrill occurred at his home, Coles Island, Queens County, after a lengthy illness. He was in his 84th year.
Mr. Verrill was a First World War veteran and went overseas with the 140th Battalion. He was amember of Founds Lodge No. 45, F and AM, of Havelock and the canadian Legion branch No. 20, Sussex.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah (Chapman) Verrill; five daughters, Mrs. J. E. (Edna) Dawson and Mrs. Bertha Armstrong, both of Saint John, Mrs, Lloyd (Nada) Woods, of Coles Idland, Mrs. Allen (Sadie) Landry, of Fredericton, and Mrs Elmer (Phyllis) Ryder, of Havelock; four sons. Henry of Stanley, York County, Leon of Coles Island, Linwood of Fredericton, and Lester of Windsor, Ont.; one brother, Leon of Pasadena, Calif.; 38 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and on niece.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Wallace L Haskell
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Maine
State of Residence: Maine
County or City: Androscoggin
Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1943
Enlistment State: Maine
Enlistment City: Portland
Branch: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Financial institution clerks, n.e.c.
Marital status: Married
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U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
Name: Wallace L Haskell
Death Age: 88
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1912
Death Date: 2 Mar 2001
Cemetery: Mount Auburn Cemetery
Notes: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Wallace Haskell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1912
Death Date: 2 Mar 2001
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 007033718
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 4 Aug 1943
Release Date 1: 13 Feb 1946
78274. Beatrice Louise Haskell
Macken Funeral Home of Rochester
The memorial service for Beatrice H. Donovan will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Charter House, with Rev. David Byrne officiating.
Mrs. Donovan, 90, of Rochester, died Tuesday (March 3, 2009) at Saint Marys Hospital, following a short illness.
Beatrice H. Haskell was born March 22, 1918, in Warren, Maine. She graduated from high school in Warren and studied music in Boston. On Aug. 8, 1943, she married Col. William Francis Donovan, whom she had met in Boston, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. The couple resided in Melrose and Hyannis, Mass. She was a homemaker, and her husband was a colonel in the Massachusetts Air National Guard. He died in 1985.
Mrs. Donovan moved to Charter House in Rochester in 1991. She was involved in music in Rochester, playing the violin in the Mayo Clinic Orchestra, and performing with local chamber groups. She traveled widely and shared her trips through local lectures on art. She was a devout Catholic and a community volunteer through Mayo Clinic.
Survivors include her children, William Michael Donovan of Somerville, Mass., Diana Marie (Robert Gross) Donovan of Celo, N.C., Stephen Francis Donovan of Springfield, Vt., Mary Louise Donovan of San Diego and Kathleen Anne (John Lust) Donovan of Rochester; six grandchildren, Brian Gross, Micah Gross, Margaret Gross, Christopher Lust, Michael Lust, and Katherine Czujko; and a sister, Annette Bryant of Port Townsend, Wash.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters.
Lewiston Sun Journal
December 26, 2016READFIELD - Raymond James Siegler, 97, died peacefully Wednesday, December 21, 2016, following a brief illness.
He was born December 6, 1919, at Franklin Square, Long Island, N.Y., a son of Lawrence and Barbara Heckman Siegler.
After graduating from high school, Ray enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard, but not before corresponding with a pen pal from Warren he had discovered in the local newspaper.
He corresponded with and eventually met Madeleine Haskell. They married in 1944.
After discharge from the Coast Guard as a radioman first class, Ray and Madeleine settled in the Augusta area, where he took a position at the Kennebec Journal. He began as a "cub reporter" and ended his career in 1981 as managing editor.
Their six children were raised in the Readfield and Augusta areas.
After retirement, Ray served as "head gardener" for Mady's business, "Monks Hill Herbs and Petennials". He was one with himself in the gardens, on walking/hiking trails and all things of nature. He was an avid reader since boygood and maintained a vast library on a variety of topics. He was a self-described "man of print" - much preferred over telephone and certainly not newer technologies. Ray continued writing columns for the Kennebec Journal after retirement, as well as "memoirs" for family members.
Sometime after Madeleine's death in 1993, he met Lois (Webber) Williams of Mount Vernon. They married in November 1999 -- a "bonus marriage". Ray and Lois enjoyed 17 years at the East Readfield homestead. His "bonus family" contributed much to his later years,
Ray was recently awarded the Boston Post Cane as the town of Readfield's oldest resident.
Surviving is his wife, Lois (Williams) Siegler; two daughters, AnneMarie (Michael) Johnson of Tucson, Ariz., and Susan (Barry Crafts) of Farmington; four sons, Raymond Jr. (Shirley) of Lisbon, Stephen (Cynthia) of Feeding Hills, Mass., Lawrence (Claudia Bell) of Farmington and Paul (Andrea) of Mesa, Ariz.; 19 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
Ray is also survived by 11 step-children, Clyde (Cathy), Cynthia (Noel) Pelliccia, Barbara (Kevin) Hoehn, Patricia (William) Flewelling, Alan (Donna), Lois Flenner, Joel, Margaret Williams (Terry) Knowles, Beverly (Paul) Olson, Norma (James) Polley, and Daniel (Angelique), 14 step-grandchildren; and 17 step-great-grandchildren.
Ray was predeceased by his first wife, Madeleine, in 1993; and his five siblings.
Morning Sentinel
June 14, 2005STRAFFORD - Gloria Haskell O'Brien, 78, of Second Crown Point Road, died peacefully Sunday, June 12, 2005, surrounded by her family.
She was born in Warren, on Oct. 31, 1926, the daughter of Samuel and Diana (Lachance) Haskell. She resided in Strafford since 1959. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt.
Mrs. O'Brien was a registered nurse, who worked for the former Maine General Hospital in Portland, and for Frisbie Memorial Hospital and Rochester Manor, prior to her retirement. She will be remembered for her love of the ocean, birds, flowers and music.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband, John F. O'Brien in 1994, a grandson, Matthew O'Brien in 1987 and sisters, Madeline Seigler and Marguerite Gane.
Surviving family members include five sons, Timothy MacDermott and his wife Donna of Windham, James O'Brien and his wife Donna of Farmington, Peter O'Brien of Strafford, Thomas O'Brien of Strafford, and Michael O'Brien and his wife Terri of Farmington; two daughters, Mary O'Brien Nichols and her husband William of Augusta, Me. and Brigid Duggan and her special friend, Bob Breig of Berwick; two sisters, Annette Bryant of Washington State, and Beatrice Donovan of Minnesota; seven grandchildren, Jessica O'Brien, Meaghan O'Brien, Jonathan O'Brien, Timothy Duggan, Kathy O'Brien, Jennifer Duggan and Patrick O'Brien; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
78279. Charles Elder Rounds Sr.
The Patriot Ledger
January 17, 2011Charles Elder Rounds, 92, South Shore Oral Surgeon, died on January 15, in Scituate, Massachusetts. He was 92. The son of Frank Wendell Rounds and Mildred Elder Rounds, he was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1937 and Princeton University in 1941 where he was goalie for the undefeated 1941 Ivy League Championship hockey team. Following graduation, he explored Greenland with Admiral Donald MacMillan and his wife Miriam aboard the Bowdoin. Miriam MacMillan chronicled the adventure in the book, Green Seas and White Ice. He is the grandson of Dr. Isaac Rounds, a twice-wounded veteran of the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry, who survived the battle of Gettysburg. After graduating from Tufts College Dental School, Charles Elder joined his fathers oral surgery practice.
A lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, he served stateside during World War Two and married Winifred Porter of Higganum, Connecticut, on January 6, 1945.
His practice was initially located at 403 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. He and his father were authors of The Principles and Techniques of Exodontia, a seminal treatise on the art and science of oral surgery. During the Korean War he served in a M*A*S*H unit near the 38th parallel. Upon his return, he moved his practice to Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he was appointed president of the medical staff of the South Shore Hospital from 1984 to 1985. He had lived in the South Shore towns of Norwell, Scituate Harbor, and Hanover, where he served as senior warden at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church. In his last years, he was lovingly cared for by the tireless staff of Life Care Center of the South Shore on the Driftway in Scituate.
He is the brother of the late Frank Wendell Rounds, Jr., author of the bestselling cold war memoir, A Window on Red Square.
He is survived by his wife; a brother-in-law, Philip W. Porter, Jr.; three children, Charles, Kate, and Andrea; a daughter-in-law, Alicia; two grandsons, Chad and Mark; their wives Billie and Ariel, one great-granddaughter, Charlotte; his best buddy, Paul Kent; and the barflies at the Mill Wharf.