Bell

Dean Leroy Bell, 80, of Westwood Manor went home to be with the Lord surrounded by his family at 10:10 p.m. Sunday at his home.

Born Feb. 16, 1926, in Butler, he was the son of Lee Roy Bell and Bessie Fair Bell.

He retired in 1984 as a chief of purchase and contract at the Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He also was a freelance photographer.

Mr. Bell was a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church. He was a ruling elder at the North Washington Presbyterian Church and at the Trinity Presbyterian Church as well as serving on various committees.

He also belonged to the Kiwanis, United Commercial Travelers and the 11th Air Force Association.

He served in the Army during World War II in the Aleutian Islands as a cryptographic technician.

Mr. Bell was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and uncle who spent much time with his family.

He enjoyed photography and playing golf.

Surviving are his wife, Peg McKenzie Bell, whom he married July 26, 1958; three sons, Jeff Bell of San Ramon, Calif., Doug Bell and his wife, Mickey, of Butler and Mark Bell and his wife, Claudia, of Glens Falls, N.Y.; a daughter, Cindy Sheppeck and her husband, Bill, of Butler; eight grandchildren, Amanda, Joshua and Caleb Sheppeck, all of Butler, Elizabeth, Philipp, Joanna and Rebekah Bell of Glens Falls and Devynn Bell of San Ramon.

Four nieces and three nephews also survive.

He was preceded in death by two sisters and and infant granddaughter.

<B>BELL</B> — Friends of Dean Leroy Bell, who died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Services will be held at the Trinity Presbyterian Church 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Dennis Molnar of Wallace Memorial Church in Greentree officiating.Burial will follow in North Washington Cemetery.Memorial donations may be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church, 209 Staley Ave., Butler, PA 16001 or to Redeemer Reformed Presbyterian Church, 548 Luzerne Road, Queensbury, N.Y. 12804.