Stanley Washburn Haskell

1924 - 2019  (94 years)

• Name	Stanley Washburn Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	29 Oct 1924	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Christening	11 Apr 1925	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Aug 2019	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [5]
  Burial	Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [6]
  Person ID	I18862	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Eli Perry Haskell,   b. 31 Jan 1885, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire d. 6 Jul 1951, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Morton Washburn,   b. 12 Oct 1896, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 1 Sep 1995, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1922	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Alt. Marriage	2 Jan 1922  [2]
  Family ID	F11867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Family ID	F11869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Stanley Haskell graduated from, prep school, Chauncy Hall in 1942. He grad uated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1949 with a degree in Optical Engineering. He worked at the Polaroid Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts for 39 years. Stanley married his long time friend, Marcia Berg January 14, 2006. First Marriage for both. Marcia worked as an engineer and an executive at Itek Corporation, in Lexington, Massachusetts and at IBM-Lotus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ____ The Boston Globe August 6, 2019 HASKELL, Stanley Washburn Of Watertown, Massachusetts, previously of Arlington and Cambridge, peacefully passed away on Friday, August 1, 2019 at his home in Watertown. He was 94 years old. Stanley was born in Cambridge, son of the late Eli Perry and Mary Washburn Haskell, and brother to 2 predeceased sisters, Janet Park Williams and Cecily Haskell. He married his longtime companion Marcia Berg Haskell in 2006. They had been together for 54 years at the time of his death. He is also survived by his nieces, Priscilla Swain and Laurel Ackles Mara and their children, Evelyn Swain Gurr, Elizabeth Swain, Nate Swain, Andrew Ackles, Alexander Ackles, Christopher Ackles and Zachery Ackles as well as their spouses and children. Stanley graduated from Chauncey Hall High School 1942 and MIT class of 1949. Stanley worked for the Harvard University Optics Lab during WWII from 1942-1945. He was employed by Polaroid Corporation from 1950 until his retirement as a Senior Principal Engineer in 1989. While at Polaroid he thrived on working with extraordinary people such as Dr. Edwin Land and Dr. James G. Baker. When asked what he enjoyed most about his career he responded "Doing interesting and creative work and working with other people who were doing the same." A brief service will be held on Friday, August 9, at 11 o'clock at the Short, Williamson & Diamond Funeral Home, 52 Trapelo Rd., BELMONT, immediately followed by burial at the family plot at the Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham.

  
  

• Sources

  [S53812] Ancestor chart of Stanley Washburn Haskell, (compiled by Stanley W. Haskell and Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Asociation). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S35895] Obituary, Boston Globe, Mary Morton Washburn Haskell, (September 5, 1995). [S27274] Family records and notes courtesy of Stanley Washburn Haskell. [S62898] Obituary, The Boston Globe, Stanley Washburn Haskell, (August 6, 2019). [S45300] Cemetery index, Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, (Find-a-Grave).