Mrs. Blanche B. (Jacobs) Haskins, 70, wife of Perry Haskins, died this morning at her home after a long illness. Funeral services will he held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Baptist Church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at Covey Funeral Home tomorrow and Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9. Born in Boyntonville, N.Y., July 9, 1892, she was the daughter of Henry and Effie (Holbritter) Jacobs. A resident of Wilmington since early childhood, she was educated in the Wilmington schools and served as a practical nurse until her marriage Feb. 2, 1922. Mrs. Haskins was a member of the Baptist Church, Victory Grange, Hime Demonstration Club and the American Legion Auxiliary. At the time of her death she was president of the Mothers Club and vice-president of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist Church. In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, Philip and William of Wilmington; five daughters, Mrs. Eugene Look of Wilmington, Mrs. .lean Bliven of Searsburg, Mrs. Charles Dessaint of Holyoke, Mass., Mrs. James Looke of Bangor, Me., and Mrs. Marion Crafts of Searsburg; four brothers, Gordon of Winchendon, Mass., Henry of Perkinsville and Gerald and Karl of Wilmington, and 23 grandchildren.
The Brattleboro Reformer, 30 Jul 1962
The Brattleboro Reformer, 30 Jul 1962
Mrs. Blanche B. (Jacobs) Haskins, 70, wife of Perry Haskins, died this morning at her home after a long illness. Funeral services will he held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Baptist Church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at Covey Funeral Home tomorrow and Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9. Born in Boyntonville, N.Y., July 9, 1892, she was the daughter of Henry and Effie (Holbritter) Jacobs. A resident of Wilmington since early childhood, she was educated in the Wilmington schools and served as a practical nurse until her marriage Feb. 2, 1922. Mrs. Haskins was a member of the Baptist Church, Victory Grange, Hime Demonstration Club and the American Legion Auxiliary. At the time of her death she was president of the Mothers Club and vice-president of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist Church. In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, Philip and William of Wilmington; five daughters, Mrs. Eugene Look of Wilmington, Mrs. .lean Bliven of Searsburg, Mrs. Charles Dessaint of Holyoke, Mass., Mrs. James Looke of Bangor, Me., and Mrs. Marion Crafts of Searsburg; four brothers, Gordon of Winchendon, Mass., Henry of Perkinsville and Gerald and Karl of Wilmington, and 23 grandchildren.
The Brattleboro Reformer, 30 Jul 1962
The Brattleboro Reformer, 30 Jul 1962
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