| Notes |
- Portland Press Herald (ME)
August 5, 1996
Harold W. Haskell, 68, of Nash Road, who served his town in many capacities, died Saturday in a Westbrook health care facility.
Mr. Haskell served on many town boards, including 14 years as a town councilor. ''We have to put common sense back into government,'' he said in a newspaper interview four years ago. ''He just liked doing things for people,'' his wife, Elsie, said Sunday. ''And he wanted to try to make life easier for some of the senior citizens.'' He served on the building committees of the North Windham fire station, the Manchester School and the middle school, and took part in the remodeling of the present Windham Town Hall. He was instrumental in seeing the project through, from start to finish. After Windham converted to council government, Mr. Haskell served as councilman for 14 years, beginning in 1975. He also served on the town Planning Board, the Budget Committee and the South Windham Sewer Committee. He championed conservative fiscal policies. In his re-election campaign eight years ago, Mr. Haskell said, ''We have to try to hold down taxes, go back to basics and use common sense.'' He was also a former member of the Windham Fire Department.
He was born in Island Falls, a son of Ora and Harriett Hilman Haskell, and attended schools in Windham, graduating in 1946 from Windham High School.
Over the years Mr. Haskell had been employed by Stanley V. Hall of Windham. After serving in the Army during World War II, he was employed by Everett Lowe and Harold Wescott, working as a building contractor. Later he was a self-employed building contractor. Mr. Haskell worked for the former Simonds Construction in South Portland and had been employed at Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in South Portland for 12 years until his retirement in 1993. He was a member of the Windham Presumpscot Lodge of Masons, Evangeline Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star and Pinea Rebekas Lodge of Windham. He was master of the former Pleasant River Grange, Lake Shores Lodge of Odd Fellows of Windham, and served as president and was at the time of his death vice president of the Windham Alumni Association. He was also active in the Democratic Party.
Surviving are his wife of 45 years, Elsie V. Cram Haskell of Windham; two sons, Clayton W. and Michael A., both of Windham; two brothers, C. Peter of Windham and Ora of Colchester, Conn.; a sister, Gertrude Haskell of Windham; and a granddaughter, Harriet Haskell of Windham.
|
1928 - 1996 (68 years)
[1, 2, 3] 
