Son of Edward Bell and Martha Huntington Miller Haskell, husband of Catherine Helen Lacey.
LAKE PLACID - Douglas Haskell, 80, of Lake Placid and New York City, died at Placid Memorial Hospital on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Mr. Haskell was born on June 27, 1899 in Turkey where his parents, Edward B. and Martha Miller Haskell, were missionaries.
He first came to Lake Placid in 1926, and in 1929, with his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, founded Camp Treetops, a summer camp for boys and girls, which is still in operation. An architect by training, he designed the first building for North Country School in 1938. Mr. Haskell was a journalist with the Architectural Record for many years and also served as a journalist and editor of the Architectural Forum. He was a member of President John Kennedy's Pennsylvania Avenue Commission.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, of Lake Placid and New York City; four brothers, Edward Haskell and Gordon Haskell, both of New York City, Oliver Haskell of Los Angeles, California and Henry Haskell of Tenants Harbor, Me.; and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Havens of Wofford Heights, California, Mrs. Martha Palmer of Los Angeles, California and Mrs. Eldora Spiegelberg of St. Louis, Mo.
The Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. There were no calling hours. Cremation took place in the Gardener Earie Crematory in Troy. A memorial service will be held at a later date which will be announced.
Published in The Lake Placid News, August 16, 1979
LAKE PLACID - Douglas Haskell, 80, of Lake Placid and New York City, died at Placid Memorial Hospital on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Mr. Haskell was born on June 27, 1899 in Turkey where his parents, Edward B. and Martha Miller Haskell, were missionaries.
He first came to Lake Placid in 1926, and in 1929, with his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, founded Camp Treetops, a summer camp for boys and girls, which is still in operation. An architect by training, he designed the first building for North Country School in 1938. Mr. Haskell was a journalist with the Architectural Record for many years and also served as a journalist and editor of the Architectural Forum. He was a member of President John Kennedy's Pennsylvania Avenue Commission.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, of Lake Placid and New York City; four brothers, Edward Haskell and Gordon Haskell, both of New York City, Oliver Haskell of Los Angeles, California and Henry Haskell of Tenants Harbor, Me.; and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Havens of Wofford Heights, California, Mrs. Martha Palmer of Los Angeles, California and Mrs. Eldora Spiegelberg of St. Louis, Mo.
The Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. There were no calling hours. Cremation took place in the Gardener Earie Crematory in Troy. A memorial service will be held at a later date which will be announced.
Published in The Lake Placid News, August 16, 1979
Son of Edward Bell and Martha Huntington Miller Haskell, husband of Catherine Helen Lacey.
LAKE PLACID - Douglas Haskell, 80, of Lake Placid and New York City, died at Placid Memorial Hospital on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Mr. Haskell was born on June 27, 1899 in Turkey where his parents, Edward B. and Martha Miller Haskell, were missionaries.
He first came to Lake Placid in 1926, and in 1929, with his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, founded Camp Treetops, a summer camp for boys and girls, which is still in operation. An architect by training, he designed the first building for North Country School in 1938. Mr. Haskell was a journalist with the Architectural Record for many years and also served as a journalist and editor of the Architectural Forum. He was a member of President John Kennedy's Pennsylvania Avenue Commission.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, of Lake Placid and New York City; four brothers, Edward Haskell and Gordon Haskell, both of New York City, Oliver Haskell of Los Angeles, California and Henry Haskell of Tenants Harbor, Me.; and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Havens of Wofford Heights, California, Mrs. Martha Palmer of Los Angeles, California and Mrs. Eldora Spiegelberg of St. Louis, Mo.
The Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. There were no calling hours. Cremation took place in the Gardener Earie Crematory in Troy. A memorial service will be held at a later date which will be announced.
Published in The Lake Placid News, August 16, 1979
LAKE PLACID - Douglas Haskell, 80, of Lake Placid and New York City, died at Placid Memorial Hospital on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Mr. Haskell was born on June 27, 1899 in Turkey where his parents, Edward B. and Martha Miller Haskell, were missionaries.
He first came to Lake Placid in 1926, and in 1929, with his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, founded Camp Treetops, a summer camp for boys and girls, which is still in operation. An architect by training, he designed the first building for North Country School in 1938. Mr. Haskell was a journalist with the Architectural Record for many years and also served as a journalist and editor of the Architectural Forum. He was a member of President John Kennedy's Pennsylvania Avenue Commission.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Lacey Haskell, of Lake Placid and New York City; four brothers, Edward Haskell and Gordon Haskell, both of New York City, Oliver Haskell of Los Angeles, California and Henry Haskell of Tenants Harbor, Me.; and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Havens of Wofford Heights, California, Mrs. Martha Palmer of Los Angeles, California and Mrs. Eldora Spiegelberg of St. Louis, Mo.
The Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. There were no calling hours. Cremation took place in the Gardener Earie Crematory in Troy. A memorial service will be held at a later date which will be announced.
Published in The Lake Placid News, August 16, 1979
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