Donald McConnell, 82, of Edinburg, died Wednesday morning at his home.

Born Nov. 12, 1923, in Slippery Rock, he was a son of Jacob and Ella Buchanan McConnell.

He retired after 47 years as a truck driver for C.D. Ambrosia.

Mr. McConnell was an Army veteran of World War II.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge 51, the St. Lucy Club and the Johnson Club.

Surviving are his wife, Marjorie L. Evans McConnell, whom he married June 12, 1957; four sons, Gaylord, Raymond and Mark McConnell, all of Edinburg, and Dennis McConnell of New Castle; a stepson, David Zambino of Sharon; three stepdaughters, Barb Book of Bessemer, Penny Fitzgerald of St. Louis, Mo., and Vicki Reed of Mercer; and a brother, Gaylord McConnell of Slippery Rock. He also is survived by 19 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Paul McConnell; a brother, Earl McConnell; and two sisters, Amy Thompson and Pearl Hogg.

<B>MCCONNELL</B> — Friends of Donald McConnell, who died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, will received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the <B>William F. & Roger M. DeCarbo Funeral Home</B>, 926 Cunningham Ave., New Castle. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at funeral home memorial chapel with the Rev. Dennis Bupp officiating. Burial will be at the Slippery Rock Cemetery.The New Castle Area Honor Guard will perform military funeral rites at the funeral home.Online condolences can be sent to www.williamrogerdecarbo.com.