Donald P. "Butch" Brownell, 78, of Carbondale, died Thursday morning at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. Born July 23, 1932, in Carbondale, he was the son of the late Mark and Mabel Bell Brownell. He was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale, and a veteran, having served as a lieutenant colonel with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, 28th Infantry Division for 33 years. He was a co-founder of BGM Fastener, Honesdale, and later founded Sparkling Pure Water, Carbondale, which he operated from 1986 to 2009. He was a former Lackawanna County detective, former member of the Carbondale Housing Authority, former member and coach for the Carbondale Little League, member and past commander of American Legion Post 221, Carbondale, and a member of the Elkview Country Club, Crystal Lake. One of Butch's greatest joys was playing Santa to area children in hospitals. Butch was extremely proud of his grandchildren, and his great sense of humor will be missed. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Steven Brownell and Donald Brownell II; six brothers, William, Chester, Richard, Neil, Allen and David Brownell; three sisters, Betty Malasics, Jane Perhne and Mary Bryant. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Farview and 41st streets, Carbondale. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, Mayfield.
Published in Scranton Times on April 15, 2011.
Donald P. "Butch" Brownell, 78, of Carbondale, died Thursday morning at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. Born July 23, 1932, in Carbondale, he was the son of the late Mark and Mabel Bell Brownell. He was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale, and a veteran, having served as a lieutenant colonel with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, 28th Infantry Division for 33 years. He was a co-founder of BGM Fastener, Honesdale, and later founded Sparkling Pure Water, Carbondale, which he operated from 1986 to 2009. He was a former Lackawanna County detective, former member of the Carbondale Housing Authority, former member and coach for the Carbondale Little League, member and past commander of American Legion Post 221, Carbondale, and a member of the Elkview Country Club, Crystal Lake. One of Butch's greatest joys was playing Santa to area children in hospitals. Butch was extremely proud of his grandchildren, and his great sense of humor will be missed. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Steven Brownell and Donald Brownell II; six brothers, William, Chester, Richard, Neil, Allen and David Brownell; three sisters, Betty Malasics, Jane Perhne and Mary Bryant. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Farview and 41st streets, Carbondale. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, Mayfield.
Published in Scranton Times on April 15, 2011.
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