Jane A. Brownell

1928 - 2024  (95 years)

• Name	Jane A. Brownell  [1, 2]
  Birth	13 Aug 1928	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Apr 2024	..., Merrimack, New Hampshire   [2]
  Burial	Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [4]
  Person ID	I90777	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Harold Brownell
  Mother	Amy Towle
  Family ID	F225834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melvin Harvey Haskell,   b. 22 Jan 1918, Alexandria, Grafton, New Hampshire d. 28 Dec 1990, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F38860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Phaneuf Funeral Home Jane A. Haskell August 13, 1928 — April 13, 2024 Jane A. Haskell, 95, died peacefully on Saturday April 13, 2024, at Merrimack County Nursing Home. She was born in Dover, NH, the daughter of Amy (Towle) and Harold Brownell. She was a graduate of Dover High School. While in high school she excelled in academics and sports; enjoying basketball, field hockey, tennis, and volleyball. After starting a family, she moved to Boscawen, where she lived for 60 years. She worked for the Merrimack Valley School District for 33 years, mainly in the middle school where she enjoyed chaperoning many Washington D.C. trips. Jane was a lifelong member of the Girl Scouts and a Girl Scout leader for many years in Boscawen. She was a leader for the senior canoe team for the Swiss Water Girl Scout Council, where they won many accolades, and a member of the NH Merrimack Valley Extension. She was an active member of the Penacook Historical Society and the former Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, where she taught Sunday School and was involved in the youth group. She also loved attending local and annual events in the Concord area with friends and family. Her love of sports as a young woman continued throughout her entire life. She enjoyed hiking, kayaking, biking, and the outdoors. She hiked most of the mountains in NH. Well into her seventies and eighties, she did yoga, Strong Living, and traveling through Always an Adventure group. Jane was also known for her love of traveling. For over thirty years she traveled all over the world, visiting many different countries. Some of her favorite countries she explored were Switzerland, Italy, and Costa Rica. She also traveled extensively across the United States, visiting Alaska and Hawaii many times. She was predeceased by her husband Melvin Haskell, her sisters Barbara Sleeper and Beverly Allaire, both of Dover, NH, and her close nephew Robert Wyatt of Concord. She leaves her four children, son Bruce Wyatt and his wife Lynn of Loudon, daughter Donna Preve and her husband Paul of Hopkinton, son David Wyatt and his wife Martha of Concord, and her youngest son Scott Wyatt and his partner Kathy of Loudon. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 2 great great children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S37467] Obituary, New Hampshire Sunday News, Melvin H. Haskell, (December 30, 1990). [S79234] Obituary, Phaneuf Funeral Home, Jane A. Haskell. [S43594] U.S., Public Records Index, (Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Compiled from various U.S. public records.). [S45144] Cemetery index, Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, (Find-a-Grave).