William Edward Laivo

1918 - 2005  (87 years)

• Name	William Edward Laivo  [1]
  Birth	24 Apr 1918	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 May 2005	Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I53252	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family	Audrey Rowena Wentzell,   b. 12 Dec 1921, Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 23 Feb 1989, Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F25936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Adverisement Democrat Banner June 2, 2005 STONEHAM - William Edward Laivo, 87, of Stoneham died May 25, 2005 at Bridgton Hospital. He was born in Hingham, MA, the son of John and Edith (Paijunen) Laivo. His family moved to Pembroke, MA when he was young and he spent most of his life there. He was a WW II Navy veteran serving on the battleship U.S.S. New Mexico during the battles of Leyte, Mindoro, Lingayen and Okinawa, also at the initial occupation of Japan. He was a shipyard worker and also foreman of cranberry bogs. He moved to Maine 35 years ago and enjoyed his family and friends, liked helping others, gardening, visiting his Finnish relatives and being a member of the Finnish American Heritage Society of Maine. He was predeceased by his wife Audrey (Wentzell ) Laivo in 1989 and a sister, Edith. Mr. Laivo is survived by a daughter, Martha "Tooty" Wilson of Lovell; a son, William E. Laivo Jr. and his wife Janet of Hingham, MA; a grandson, Fred Wilson of Lovell; granddaughter, Faith Parsons of Norway; great-granddaughters Brittany, Chelsey, MaKayla and numerous relatives in Finland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S11821] Correspondence with Joyce Ann Towne Green, (August 2006). [S35597] Obituary, Adverisement Democrat Banner, William Edward Laivo. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index.