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- The Swampscott Reporter (MA)
September 20, 2012
SC - Edward "Ted" Robert Haskell, 84, passed away at Southern Maine Medical Center with his family at his side on Sunday, September 9th, 2012.
He was born on February 18, 1928 to Robert R. and Marjorie French Haskell who instilled the value of a loving network of family and friends which became one of Ted's most memorable legacies. Through his early years, he and his sister Martha lived with their family in Swampscott, Massachusetts. He was an avid sportsman competing in most sports through his teenage years, while lobstering in the summers and then attended and graduated from Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont. Ted was accepted at Dartmouth College and then deferred, enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in 1947. After proudly serving in the Marine Corps, he attended Dartmouth, played on the hockey team, was a Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brother, and received a business management degree in the Class of 1952.
In 1956, he married his beloved "Tiger", the former Sally Patton Foss of Marble-head, Massachusetts where they lived for the next 43 years before retiring to Dataw Island, South Carolina. Ted and Sally had a remarkable 56 year marriage together that included so many true friends, travels, and family memories. Ted was an avid picture taker and he spent a great deal of time putting together gifts of albums honoring many events over the years. His family and friends are all truly blessed for his diligence and the care he took to remember the special events of our lives together.
Ted worked with his dad to create the Robert Haskell Company, an office products organization, originating in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1953. Following the early passing of his dad and the advent of computer technology, the company evolved into Systems Automation, Inc. SAI became one of the prominent Boston area office automation and computer networking companies with its offices located in Wakefield, MA. Ted created the company with his two business partners, Sears "Nick" Winslow of Manchester by the Sea, MA, and Robert "Bob" Harding of Gil-ford, NH Ted will be forever indebted to Nick, Bob, and all of his long-term employees Jerry Lajoie, Shirley Vassey, Bob Macintosh, and all others that remember working with Ted. Through the company's growth and Ted's entrepreneurial spirit, Systems Automation was known as one of the nation's top office automation dealerships. Ted's son, Bob Haskell, joined him in 1985 to build the sales team, and 13 years later Ted and Bob successfully sold the family business. After 46 years in business, Ted and Sally then moved to Dataw Island, South Carolina where they loved their retirement home and the 13 years spent there together.
Ted was a member of the Salem Five Cent Savings Bank Board of Trustees for over 20 years National Association of Accountants, the Salem Massachusetts Rotary Club Dartmouth College(Class of 1952)and North Shore Alumni President, Vermont Academy( Class of 1946) Swampscott Beach Club and The Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass.
He is survived by his wife, Sally, daughter, Elizabeth (Lee) Haskell Gaudette of Turner, Maine, her husband Rene and children Andrew & Abbie, son, Robert Randall Haskell II of Holderness, New Hampshire, his wife Annie and children Ryanne and Mardene, son, Christopher Foss Haskell of Beaufort, South Carolina and his companion, Monica Pennington, and sister, Martha Haskell Baird & family of Dover, MA.
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U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958
Name: Edward E Haskell
Muster Date: Apr 1947
Rank: Private First Class
Station: 1St Bn, 2D Mar, 2D Mar Div, Fmf, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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