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- Omaha Daily Bee
May 28, 1904
Joseph M. Haskell, a resident of Omaha for nearly thirty years, died Thursday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. K. Burket, 1504 Yates street, where the funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill cemetery, beside Mr. Haskell's late wife. Mr. Haskell was nearly 89 years of age and up to the last two years enjoyed a vigorous old age, but the weight of almost four score and ten years bore down on the venerable man until he took to his bed eight weeks ago. Death came gradually and peaceably.
Mr. Haskell is survived by two daughters and one son: Harry A. Haskell, superintendent of the mechanical department of The Bee, on which he has worked for over thirty years; Mrs. Henry K. Burket, wife of Henry K. Burket, undertaker, and Miss Annie E. Haskell.
Mr. Haskell was born at Cumberland, Rhode Island, July 16, 1815. At the age of 35 he followed the star of empire westward as far as Bureau county, Illinois. He went by rail from Cumberland to Buffalo, thence by boat to Chicago, then through the canal to La Salle, Ill., and to Bureau county by wagon, settling on a farm just when the Indians were moving before the march of civilization into Iowa. In the early '70s Mr. Haskell again looked westward and brought his family to Omaha, where they have resided continuously since.
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1815 - 1904 (88 years)
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