COLEBROOK – William Haskell, of Pondwood Farm, handed away lately at age 89 at his house together with his family members at his aspect.
William was born and raised in Bradford, Pa., and Stamford. He attended The Kent College (Kent, Conn.) and Mercersburg Academy (Pa.). He earned his B.A. at Yale and his M.S. on the Columbia College College of Journalism. William took a go away of absence from Yale to serve three years with the Inexperienced Berets (77th Special Forces), U.S. Army Airborne.
William was a person of letters and cherished studying, principally nonfiction (he devoured The New York Instances each single day and would commonly seek the advice of the Encyclopedia Brittanica). He cherished phrases and writing and spent nearly all of his journalism profession writing for the Torrington Register, the place he lined court docket proceedings and produced a preferred weekly column Hill Nation letter. Working on the Register allowed him to keep up a bucolic way of life at his giant property, Pondwood Farm, in North Colebrook.
Earlier than working on the Register, he labored for newspapers from New Zealand to Nantucket, with stints in broadcast information at WTIC in Hartford and in Manhattan for information items of CBS, NBC, ABC. He most well-liked print journalism and one among his favourite assignments was for Science journal, who deployed him to Antarctica to cowl a narrative.
His favourite pastime after retirement was slicing firewood and sitting on the terrace overlooking the pond the place he might observe nature unfolding earlier than his eager eyes.
William was a fan of wildlife and nature, and particularly a fan of crows and ravens that he raised and cared for. He additionally loved driving bikes, searching, and touring the world.
William Haskell is survived by his loving associate, Marcia Evans, and his loving youngsters, Anne and Ben Haskell, Ben’s spouse Jill, and his 4 grandchildren Kate, Morgan, Adam and Laura.
A memorial service can be June 24 on the Church within the Wildwood, North Colebrook. Contact cowhaskie@gmail.com for data.
Donations are gratefully accepted on the nonprofit Aton Forest Inc., P.O. Field 509, Norfolk, CT 06098.
