PHIPPSBURG — Annie Perry Haskell, 93, of West Point in Phippsburg, ME died peacefully in her sleep on February 5, 2012. She was born September 29, 1918 in Newton, MA, daughter of Frederick Gardiner and Helen Whitehead Perry.
She attended Wellesley, MA schools and graduated from Wellesley High School in 1936 and from Perry Normal School in Boston, MA in 1939. She then taught at Wellesley College Demonstration Nursery School. In 1944 she was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Boston University. She was a substitute teacher in the Needham, MA school system in 1945 and 1946.
She married Dexter P. Nichols in Boston, MA on November 25, 1942 and had two children, Richard and Auralie. Dexter died in 1953. Annie then became the Assistant Supervisor of Practice Teachers at the Perry Normal School in Boston, MA until 1955.
On April 16, 1955 she married Ernest Haskell Jr. in Cambridge, MA and moved to Maine. She had two more children, Helen Jo and Ernest III. For over twenty years, she taught nursery school at Learning Land in Brunswick, ME, and later, volunteered as a teacher’s aide at Phippsburg Elementary School. She was widowed in 1973.
She is survived by her son Richard Nichols and his wife Joannie of Phippsburg, a daughter, Auralie Nichols LaChance and her husband Jim of Enfield, Connecticut, a daughter, Helen Haskell Remien and her husband Cam of Ishpeming, Michigan and a son, Ernest Haskell III and his wife Sally of Woodbridge, Virginia; nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her brother, John C. Perry and his wife Anne of Cundy’s Harbor, ME.
Annie loved the natural world and for over fifty years lived on the shore of the ocean in West Point, Maine where she gardened, watched the birds and fished in the cove. She loved books, arts and classical music. Annie was also a watercolor artist of sea and landscapes. She loved food and was an adventuresome cook. She lived a full, creative life and was an inspiration to her family and friends.
Annie was a lifelong member of the Swedenborgian Church. A memorial service will be held at the Church of the New Jerusalem in Bath, Maine in the summer, her favorite season, with Rev. George Dole and Rev. F. Gardiner Perry officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Phippsburg Fireman’s Association, Phippsburg Fire Department, P. O. Box 83, Phippsburg, Maine 04562. To share your thoughts and condolences with Annie’s family please visit www.desmondfuneralhomes.com.
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