LEWISTON – Donald C. Haskell, 89, died peacefully April 22, at St. Mary’s Hospital.

He was born in Auburn, July 9, 1918, the son of Henry I. and Anna C. Haskell. He attended schools in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1937.

He went on to college at Wentworth Institute in Boston, and then returned home to work at the Continental Mill, until it closed in the early 1960s. On Nov. 15, 1941, he married Laura A. Perkins of Auburn and had two children, Bruce and Richard.

Upon retiring in May 1981 from the L-A Sewerage Treatment Facility, where he was superintendent of maintenance, he and his wife became snowbirds and wintered at Brittany Estates in Leesburg, Fla., and summered at their family cottage at Orr’s Island.

He loved all sports, especially skiing and sailing and enjoyed participating as well as being a spectator. He was an avid self-taught sailor who designed and built two of the many sailboats he owned over his life time.

He was a founding member of the Orr’s Bailey Yacht Club and was actively involved in sailboat racing in the Casco Bay area for many years.

In his later years with failing health, he and his wife moved back to Auburn and lived at Schooner Estates, where he continued his love for sports, but now only as a spectator.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Laura; two sons, Bruce C. Haskell and his wife, Dona, of Auburn and Richard D. Haskell and his wife, Sandra, of Farmington and Mesa, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Michael S. Haskell of Falmouth, Kerri Anne Perron of Sabattus and Maren Haskell of Franklin, N.J.; and six great-grandchildren.