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Shirley Haarer (my Mother), tending the sales booth volunteered by the women of the Marion Mennonite Church, Howe, In. LaGrange Co., looks on. 😊

The wife of William Nafew Haskell Jr. was Winifred Agnes Farrell de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_N._Haskell

Thank you for supplying her name! We'll add it to our records.

Buried with her husband at the West Point cemetery "Birth: Jan. 18, 1878 Albany Albany County New York, USA Death: Aug. 4, 1964 Bridgeport Fairfield County Connecticut, USA She was the daughter of John Henry Farrell, editor and publisher of the Knickerbocker Press and later the Albany Times Union. She was the mother of John Haskell, Joseph Haskell and Mrs. R.M. Egan. She was the sister of Theress Farrell. Family links: Parents: John Henry Farrell (1839 - 1901) Spouse: William Nafew Haskell (1878 - 1952) Children: John H.F. Haskell (1903 - 1987)* William Nafew Haskell (1906 - 1932)* Sibling: Joseph A. Farrell (1875 - 1957)*" www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=127388674

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"Probably no other woman war worker is entitled to wear more medals than Mrs. Hilda Wynne of the British Red Cross. She came to this country recently to represent the Duke d'Aosta's committee to provide relief for wounded Italian soldiers. Mrs. Wynne saw service on the British, French, Belgian and Russian fronts. She has been decorated with the order of St. John of Jerusalem, the Order of Leopold, the Croix de Guerre, the Mena[?] Star, and Silver and Gold Medal of the Order of St. George (Russian), the Italian War Cross and the Red Cross Order of Merit." --"Most Be-Medalled Woman in the World, Schenectady Gazette (22 February 1919): p. 1. Hilda Wynne was an Englishwoman, a military officer's widow who inherited money and spent it to drive an ambulance in wartime Europe, and to support relief efforts. books.google.com/books?id=1Ao9AAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA6-PA27&a... books.google.com/books?id=oZEVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA105&... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B11FC395E11738... After the war, she kept raising funds for the benefit of disabled veterans of the war. She died 28 January 1923, at the Hotel Meurice in Paris. (New York Times obituary published 1 February 1923.)

pennylrichardsca: Thanks for posting more information about Mrs. Wynne. We'll include her full name in the description next time we update.