New York Times
February 3, 1953WARING - Margaret Haskell, wife of the late Lewis E. Waring, mother of Howland B. Jones Jr. and Joseph R. Rusk Jr., on Saturday, Jan. 31, at her residence, 765 Park Ave.
Funeral services at the Church of the Incarnation, Madison Ave. and 35th St., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 10:30 A.M. Interment private.
Marriage Notes for Margaret Riker Haskell and Howland Barton Jones
MARRIAGE: New York Times
February 14, 1918Mr. and Mrs. J. Amory Haskell of 130 East Sixty-first Street, announce the engagement of their younger daughter, Miss Margaret Riker Haskell, to Howland Barton Jones, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Strother Jones of 50 East Fifty-eigth Street, and an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve. Miss Haskell is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John L. Riker and a sister of Miss Mary R. Haskell and Amory L. Haskell of the Aviation Corps, U.S.N. Mr. Jones is a brother of Miss Mary B. Jones, W. Strother Jones, Jr,, Arthur R. and C. Maury Jones. His mother was Miss Grace Russell before her marriage. No date has been mentioned for the marriage.
80614. Howland Barton Jones Jr.
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
April 22, 2010ESSEX, Conn. � Howland B. Jones Jr., beloved husband of Betsy Jones, died peacefully in Essex, Conn., on April 18, 2010.
He was born in New York City on Oct. 21, 1919, to Howland B. Jones and Margaret Jones of New York and Rumson, N.J. Howland, known as "Jonesy," was a mechanical engineer, educated at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J.
During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps teaching radar system analysis. At the end of the war, he shipped out to Manila where he was responsible for assembling radio components that transmitted the surrender of Japan to the mainland United States.
After the war, Jonesy worked for Reaction Motors Inc., a subcontractor to the Navy, on the development of the X-series rocket engines and continued with rocket development at the Jet Propulsion Department of Princeton University.His other accomplishments included development of one of the first backup alarms for trucks and the design and production of the first consumer tide clock. His last commercial venture was a small broadcast radio station on Cape Cod for which he installed all the equipment and later became the general manager and owner. He loved "doing everything," from spinning the discs, selling advertising, reading the news, developing the programming and building this very community-oriented business.
Jonesy was an avid yachtsman and dedicated member of the Cruising Club of America since 1961, and served as rear commodore of the Boston Station. In 2002, his unstinting electrical and mechanical help to his fellow yachtsmen earned him the title of Chief Engineer of the Boston Station.
His yachting career spanned nearly 60 years and always included his wife, Betsy, on fine wooden boats, including two Murray Peterson classics, "Coaster" and "Silver Heels," and "Hawksbill," a 56' Alden Motor Sailor. Their yachting resume included 37 roundtrips from their house on Cape Cod to the Bahamas, two cruises around Newfoundland, the Great Lakes, by way of the Hudson River, and everywhere in between. They also joined sailing buddies in far away places including the British Isles, the Mediterranean, New Zealand, Fiji, and Antarctica.
From age 18 till his 50s, Jonesy was a volunteer fireman. He was also a HAM radio operator for more than 60 years.
For the last five years, Jonesy and Betsy have lived at Essex Meadows in Essex, Conn., where Jonesy again generously gave of his electronic expertise and totally re-created the movie venue for the residents. Not only that, he and Betsy helped choose the movies and Jonesy created the posters which advertised the biweekly offerings.
He is survived by his wife Betsy of 67 years; a daughter, Marnie; a son, Bart; a half-brother, Joe; two grandsons, Trent and Robin; and a stepgrandson, Bradley.
New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service
Name: Joseph R Busk
Birth Place: New York City, New York
Birth Date: 6 May 1895
Service Start Date:15 Aug 1917
Service Start Place: Plattsburgh Bks, New York
Service Start Age: 22
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New York Times
September 27, 1979BUSK - Joseph Richard. Retired Vice President and Partner, Ted Bates and Company at Pinehurst, NC on September 25, 1979. Husband of Emma Lawrence Busk, Pinehust, NC. Father of Fred T. Busk, Red Creek, Va., Joseph R. Busk , Jr., Greenwich, Ct., Ms Mary L. Chamberlain, Pinehurst, NC. Stepfather of Samuel B. Robins, Jr., Greenwich, Ct.
Interment Pinelawn Memorial Park
Marriage Notes for Margaret Riker Haskell and Joseph Richard Busk
MARRIAGE: New York Times
March 2, 1926Mrs. Margaret Haskell Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell and the late Mr. Haskell, was married to Joseph R. Busk, yesterday afternoon at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morgan Post, 122 East Seventy-sixth Street. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Dwight Witherspoon Wyle, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, in the presence of immediate relatives. The bride who was escorted by her brother-in-law, Mr. Post, was un-attended. She wore an afternoon gown of Piping Rock gray satin, embroidered in cut steel beads and carried a bouquet of mauve orchids.
Mr. Busk, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F. Busk of Litchfield, Conn., and Newport, R.I., had his brother, Frederick Wadsworh Busk for his best man. There were no ushers. When they return from their wedding trip Mr. Busk and his bride will live at 156 East Seventy-ninth Street.
The bride is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John L. Riker of this city and Red Bank, N.J. She is a sister of Amory Lawrence Haskell who married Miss Annette Tilford, youngest daughter of Mrs. Henry Morgan Tilford, and is a member of the Colonial Dames of America. She was formerly the wife of Howland B. Jones. They were divorced last January in Reno.
Mr. Busk is the brother of Mrs. Edward Allen Whitney of Boston. He was graduated from Harvard in 1918 and is a member of the Racquet and Tellis Club. During the World War he served as a lieutenant of Infantry.
80615. Joseph Richard Busk Jr.
New York Times
January 6, 1927A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Busk of 156 East Seventy-ninth Street yesterday at their home. The child will be named Joseph R. Busk Jr. Mrs Busk is the former Mrs. Margaret Haskell Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell of 130 East Sixty-first Street.
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TC Palm
July 2, 2013Joseph Richard Busk Jr., 86, died June 28, 2013, at Sandhill Cove in Palm City. He was born in Manhattan, N.Y., and lived in Palm City for many years, coming from New York. He attended Buckley School in New York, St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., studied architecture in New York, and Harvey School in Katonah, N.Y. He was a veteran of the Navy during World War II. He was co-founder of Outdoor Traders in Greenwich, Conn. He was a member of the Round Hill Club and the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, both in Greenwich, Conn.
Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Grace S. Chambers of Palm City; daughters, Wendy, Hope, Gay; son, Joseph III; four stepchildren; six grandchildren; and five step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by first wife, Gladys B. Terbell. '_____
New York Times
July 9, 2013BUSK--Joseph R., 86, of Palm City, FL died on June 28, 2013.
Joseph is survived by his wife, Grace Chambers Busk of 38 years; and daughters Wendy Busk, Hope Reis, and Gay Thorn; son Joseph Busk III; step-children Tysh McGrail, Tye, Whitney and Alex Tilt; and many loving grandchildren and extended family.
He was preceded in death by his former wife, Gladys Terbell who succumbed to cancer in 1975.
Joseph graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, NH, and received his BA in Architecture from Pratt Institute. After serving in the US Navy during WWII, Joseph co-founded Outdoor Traders in Greenwich, CT. As an avid outdoors-man, Joseph loved sailing, hunting, and cycling. A special thank you to Sand Hill Cove for their loving care of Joseph.
New York Times
March 31, 1975BUSK - Gladys Rerbell, at Greenwich, Conn. March 30, 1975. Beloved wife of Joseph R. Busk Jr. Mother of Wendy M. Fowler, Hope T., Joseph R. 3rd & Gladys Louise Busk. Daughter of Joseph B, Terebell and the late Phoebe Logan Terbell.
Marriage Notes for Joseph Richard Busk Jr. and Gladys Logan Terbell
MARRIAGE: New York Times
July 13, 1952GREENWICH, Conn., July 12 - In the Round Hill Community Church here this afternoon, Miss Gladys Logan Terbell, daughter of Joseph B. Terbell of Greenwich and Mrs. Phoebe Logan of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, was married to Joseph R. Busk Jr., son of Joseph R, Busk, also of Greenwich, and of Mrs. Lewis E. Waring of New York. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. John Prince, and was followed by a reception at the Round Hill Club.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore a gown of ivory satin and mousseline de soie, made with a fitted bodice of satin finished with a yoke and sleeves of lace, and a bouffant skirt over satin. She wore a veil of heirloom lace attached to a cap of the same lace, and carried a boquet of white orchids and stephanotis.
Miss Susan Terbell was maid of honor for her sister. The bridesmaids were the Misses Mary Laird Busk, sister of the bridegroom; Lucy Prendergast, Hedda Von Goeben, Lynn Gerli and Joan Terbell.
Howland B. Jones Jr. was best man. The ushers were Charles Coster, Rayne Herzog, Samuel D. Robins, Jr., Edgar B. Van Winkle, Conrad Hurlimann and Frederick T. Busk.
The bride was graduated from the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn., and Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
Mr. Busk attended St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. He is a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Amory Haskell of Red Bank, N.J., and through Mrs. Haskell is related to the Riker family of New York.
New York Times
May 21, 1949Lewis E. Waring, chairman of the New Jersey Racing Commision and president of the United Hunts Racing Association, died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon while on the way by car from the associations office at 250 Park Avenue to his home at 155 East Seventy-second Street. His age was 77.
He was born in Philadelphia, a son of Orville Taylor Waring and Mrs. Hester Griffith Waring. He attended Leal's School in Plainfield, N.J.; Highland Military Academy, Highland Mills, N.Y., and Worcester (Mass.) Academy.
For the last 20 years he had been with the association and he was named to the commision in 1947. He was a director of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company and the Plainfield Trust Company.
Mr. Waring became a general partner in Shields & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange when that firm was combined with Clark, Childs & Co., in 1935.
In 1945, as president of United Hunts, he announced that because of the outstanding sucess of two days of hunts racing at Belmont Park that November, charity and hunts racing througout the country would benefit to the extent of $150,000.
Before being named president of the hunts organization, Mr. Waring had served as its secretary-treasurer. He was a member of the Leash, Brook, Turf and Field, and Rumson (N.J.) Country Clubs, and had served as a director of the American Horse Shows Association.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Margaret Haskell Waring; a son, C. J. Fisk Waring; three brothers, Orville G., Richard S. and Edward J. Waring, and four sisters, Mrs. Lewis G. Thompson, Mrs. Theodore F. Reynolds, Mrs Charles Dorrance and Mrs. J. Hartley Mellick.
50281. Elizabeth Denham Haskell
The Palm Beach Post (FL)
July 15, 1999ELIZABETH HASKELL FLEITAS, Age 84, died Monday, July 12th at her home in Boca Grande, Florida. Mrs. Fleitas was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Harry G. and Elizabeth Haskell.
She is survived by her brother, Harry G. Haskell, Jr. of Chadds Ford, PA; two daughters, Valerie -Denham Fleitas Johnson of San Antonio, TX and Elizabeth Haskell Fleitas of Tequesta, FL; four granddaughters, Elizabeth Humphries Gombert, Andrea Humphries Caster, Stephanie Humphries McGinley, Valerie Denham Johnson, and three great-grandchildren Garrett Gombert, Montana Caster and Zachary McGinley.
Mrs. Fleitas' philanthropic and charitable -endeavors included the American Red Cross, the Cardio-Vascular Center at the New York Hospital Dr. John Laragh, Director, the American Cancer Society, Tufts University of Veterinary Medicine and numerous others. She was a member of the Seminole Golf Club, the Everglades Club, Jupiter Hills, Bidermann Golf Club, Vicmead Hunt Club and the Gasparilla Golf Club.
50282. Harry Garner Haskell Jr.
Delaware Business Daily (DE)
January 17, 2020Wilmington government flags were ordered flown at half-staff in memory of former Wilmington Mayor and Delaware Congressman Harry G. "Hal" Haskell, Jr.
Haskell, the son of a prominent duPont executive, died Thursday at the age of 98 at his home in Pennsylvania.
Haskell was elected in November of 1968 as a Republican in a predominately Democrat-controlled city and served one-term from 1969 to 1972.
Haskell, who was defeated for re-election by Democratic City Council Member Tom Maloney, was the last Republican to be elected Mayor of Wilmington.
Current Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki said he and Haskell became fast friends when Purzycki was elected to office three years ago. "Hal was a dear, sweet and giving person," said Purzycki. "Anyone who met Hal would immediately pick up on his sincerity, authenticity and how he cared deeply for people. He appreciated the struggles that people go through and that understanding guided his actions. He was a giant of a person who will be missed greatly. The people of Wilmington, and indeed all of Delaware, thank him for his public service."
Haskell took office at a difficult time. The city was experiencing social unrest following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April of 1968.
Haskell took pride in the fact that he and newly elected Delaware Governor Russell W. Peterson decided that the National Guard, which had been enforcing a controversial citywide curfew, should be immediately removed from the city. The occupation was one of the longest during peacetime in American history.
During his time as Mayor, worked to heal the city and create jobs through public and private partnerships. Using his own money, he created Action Task Forces in neighborhoods around the city so he could learn from citizens about their needs needed city programs.
The task force effort led to, among other things, a more robust parks and recreation system for Wilmington with additional swimming pools.
Prior to serving as Mayor, Haskell was Delaware's Congressman. Even though he served just one, two-year term from 1957 to 1959, Haskell, as a freshman member of the House, was responsible for the enactment of what is still in place today as the student loan program for the United States.
It was an idea Haskell developed a few years prior to being elected to Congress when he worked in the Office of Education in the Administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Haskell's boss in the Office of Education was former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
Haskell's focus on creating new opportunities for young people continued later in his life as he established the Delaware Futures program to help students achieve a college education. Delaware Futures helps at-risk, economically disadvantaged youth develop the social, academic and problem-solving skills they need to qualify for college and expand their opportunities.
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The News Journal
January 23, 2020Harry G. Haskell Jr. (Hal), former Mayor of Wilmington, Del., died on January 16, 2020, at the age of 98. Enjoying one last holiday visit from his big, loud, loving family helped him finally let go. Hal and his wife Mimi had eight children, 19 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. They were married for 61 years. She, like Hal, was generous in her private and public life. Together they were energetic, mischievous, and shared a great sense of humor. After Mimi died in 2008, he reconnected with an amazing childhood friend, Ruth du Pont Lord. They were devoted partners until Ruth died in 2014.
Hal attended Tower Hill School, St. Mark's School in Mass., and Princeton University, which he left in 1942 to enlist in the US Coast Guard where he spent time in the Atlantic doing off-shore anti-submarine patrol and then in the Pacific on an LST until the end of the war.
Hal began his business career as president of Greenhill Dairies in 1948 and later was president and chairman of the board at Abercrombie and Fitch, a company that reflected his sportsmanship and love of the outdoors. Surpassing even his interest in business were his commitments to public service and philanthropy. Hal's political career began with the support of his friend and colleague, Nelson Rockefeller, and involved work in the Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare under President Eisenhower. During his one term as Delaware's only member of the US House of Representatives ('57-'59), Hal was proudest of building bipartisan backing for student loan and air traffic control legislation.
When Hal was Mayor of Wilmington he was most admired for his efforts to ease racial tension in the city following the riots that had been sparked by the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hal, along with Governor Russ Peterson, ended the National Guard's occupation, which had been one of the longest in American history. He valued honesty in politicians and a willingness to compromise, and he often praised the people of Delaware for electing reasonable leaders from both parties.
Just as important to Hal was his advocacy for environmental stewardship and increased access to quality education. He was a founding member of Chadds Ford's Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy and served on the board for more than 50 years. In 1969, Hal and two friends started Dynamy, a program in Worcester, Mass. designed to empower young people to discover their purpose. He took aspects of this program and, with the help of local leaders, founded Delaware Futures to mentor and support at-risk students for college. In the last two years of his life, the cause he pursued most passionately was bold investment, both public and private, in early childhood education.
The Salem News
November 3, 2009.Lawrence E. Woodberry, 78, husband of Jean V. (Montevecchi) Woodberry, died Monday morning, November 2, 2009 at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester.
Born in Beverly, son of the late Marshall and Anna (Connaughton) Woodberry, he lived in Beverly most of his life and in Manchester for the past thirty years.
Mr. Woodberry was a plumber and was formerly employed at A.J. Callahan and Son Plumbing and Heating in Beverly Farms and Singleton Plumbing in Manchester. He was a United States Air Force Veteran of the Korean War, a member of Amaral-Bailey Post, American Legion in Manchester, Gloucester Lodge of Elks, and a member of the Bass Rocks Golf Club.
Surviving him in addition to his wife are, one nephew, William Montevecchi and his wife Janet of Newfounland; also two great-nieces, Jioia and Marina Montevecchi; and one great-nephew, Nick Montevecchi.