Bell, Norman O. (B. 1915)
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NORMAN O.BELL
KNOX —Norman O. Bell, 79, of iQuay Road died yesterday in St. Clare's Hospital following a long illness.
(He was born April 6, 1915, in . Knox, the son of DeWitt and Esther Gaige Bell, and was a lifelong resident of the town. ." He owned and. operated the Bell Saw Mill in Knox for over 20 years, retiring in 1980. Before that he was a lumberjack and self-employed farmer.
iMr. Bell was a member of Guilderland Lodge 2480, BPOE, where he was named Elk of the year in 1994. He w$s a member of the New York State Lumberjack Association, the Helderberg Rod and Gun Club in Knox, 'and the Senior Citizens Bowling League in Guilderland, and a member and former state champipn of the National Association of Black Powder Riflemen.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Sacco Bell; two daughters, Norma Hadsell of Altamont and Thelma Patschureck of Knox; two sons, Richard Bell of Clifton Park and DeWitt Bell of Knox; two step-sons, Charles Sacco of Knox and Joseph Sacco of Arlington, Va; a sister, Themla Finch of Oxford, Ala.; a brother Douglas Bell of Cape Canaveral, Fla.; a step-brother, James Fidler of Knox; I and a step-sister, Jeanne Stewart of Rexford. Also survived by nine grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. ' His first wife, Helen .Cook Bell, died in 1977. fl Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Lucy's Church, Grand Street, Altamont". Calling hours will be 6 to 9 p.ih. tomorrow at the Fredendall Funeral Home, 199 Main St., Altamont. Burial will be in the Knox Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the food pantry of St. Lucy^s Church, Grand {Street, Altamont, NY 12009.
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