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- Snohomish County in the war
Haskell, Cecil. Hartford. Born January 11, 1897, at Hartford. Entered Camp Lewis in July 1918, and was transferred from Camp Lewis to Camp Fremont and placed in Co. D. of the 13th infantry. From there he went to Camp Mills with the 8th Division.
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Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA)
January 14, 1997
By Travis Baker
Sun Staff
Cecil Haskell, one of the first dozen men hired by the Bangor ammunition base, celebrated his birthday a day early on Friday. The next night, 36,525 days after he was born, he died.
It was his 100th birthday.
Haskell was alert and spoke with many of the well-wishers who gathered at Northwoods Lodge, where he lived on Schold Road north of Silverdale Friday. "I'm the most blessed person in the world," he told the audience from his wheelchair.
His talk was brief. He recounted how he was a sickly child who missed a lot of school. But it was not a trait that would follow him into adulthood. "He didn't have time to be sick," said his daughter, Tiny Hudson of Hansville. "He had to support four kids through the Depression."
Those at Friday's party came from as far as San Bernadino, Calif., and Toronto, Canada, and from as close as across the hall and across the street.
Family members present included granddaughter Frances Haskell Straughan from Toronto, and daughter Cecilia of San Bernadino.
John Schold, for whose family Schold Road is named and who worked with Haskell at Bangor, and Schold's wife, Ruth, were there.
Sarah Reece, 95 years younger than Haskell, led the singing of "Happy Birthday." Her mother, Peggy, works at Northwoods and Sarah "makes the rounds and visits people." Haskell was among them.
He had two marriages, each of 30 years or more. Both wives have died, the latest, the former Clara Prong, while they lived at Northwoods.
His middle name, McKinley, is in honor of President William McKinley, who was in office when Haskell was born, said his former neighbor, Mary Ellen Madison of Sandy Hook in North Kitsap.
After working in an Everett shipyard in World War II, he came here when Bangor opened. He was one of the first 11 men hired there, family members said. He cut timbers used to line the inside of the ammunition ships. He retired in 1965.
Poulsbo Mayor Mitch Mitchusson was at the party to proclaim Friday Cecil Haskell Day.
As if his mission was completed, Haskell weakened quickly Saturday and was taken to Harrison Memorial Hospital about 4 p.m. He died about 6:30. He was near death the early part of December, Tiny Hudson said, "He had that virus that everyone had." But he rebounded and reaching 100 became his goal. "He said 'They want me to do this,' he was living to do it," she said. He also had hoped "to go into the 21st century so he could have lived in three of them," she said. But it wasn't to be. "He had a grand celebration and he had a peaceful death," she said.
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Washington, WWI Service Statement Records
Name: Cecil Haskell
Race: White
Birth Place: Hartford, Wash
Residence Place: Granite Falls
Discharge Date: 18 Mar 1919
Rank: Pvt 1cl, Oct 3/18
Additional: 80778866AR118-5-6-17950Hartford, WashWhiteCo D, 13 Inf to disch.2019318
War: World War I
Military Record: 31721849
Collection Info: 241
Surname ID: 1448
Reference Number: AR118-5-6-17950
File Key: 80778866
Notes: Co D, 13 Inf to disch.
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