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- Sauk Valley Newspapers (Dixon-Sterling, IL)
June 11, 2022
James Palmer Haskell passed from this life on June 8, 2022. He was born on November 26, 1929 in Sterling, Illinois. He was the son of James and Grace (Palmer) Haskell.
Jim attended Sterling schools, graduating from Sterling Township High School with the class of 1947. After high school, he enrolled in Chillicothe Business College to study accounting. From 1948 through 1949, he served in the US Air Force, followed by 5 years in the Air Force Reserves. In 1951, he married the love of his life, Carmen Grewe, and began his career in the family business, Haskell's Gifts and Office Supply Store. In the early '70s, with two daughters, Faythe and Diana, involved in pursuing their educations, his wife Carmen left her teaching career to join him in the management of the family business. After many years in retail sales, they sold the business in 1996.
Some favorite memories from Jim: Jim and his dad saw Babe Ruth hit a home run around 1933-1934 in Chicago, got a ride in a Ford Tri Motor airplane (had wicker seats), drove to Mexico City in a 1938 Buick (no interstate highways), earned a pilots license in 1979, met Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy movie fame when with his cousin collecting on his paper route in California. He was a charter member and served as president of Sterling noon Rotary Club, as well as the YMCA. Carmen and Jim toured much of the USA with the kids and later just the two of them in several types of recreational vehicles.
He is survived by his beloved and loving wife Carmen; his two daughters, Faythe Freese and Diana Zimmerman and their husbands, Jerry Freese and John Zimmerman; plus three nephews (Kevin, Kent and Rick) and one niece (Kathleen).
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, sister Ellen Zigler, brother-in-law, Gerald Zigler, and a stillborn sister, Mary.
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