Peter Bell

November 8, 1940 - May 5, 2007

Natick Bulletin Obituary 2007

Auburn, Maine – Peter E. Bell Sr., 66 a resident of Auburn, formerly of Natick, died Saturday, May 5, 2007, after a two-year-long battle with Mesothelomia, an asbestos related cancer.

He was the husband of Nancy(Lee) Bell, whom he married May 7, 1966.

Born in Natick, the son of Gardner and Marion (Brown) Bell, he attended Natick schools and was a 1959 graduate of Natick High School where he excelled in hockey and baseball. He was affectionately known to his hockey teammates as “Pucker.”

Following high school, he joined the U.S. Army where he served as a paratrooper and squad leader with the 101^st Airborne Division from 1959 to 1961.

Mr Bell owned and operated Peter E. Bell Electric in Natick for 18 years before retiring to Maine in 1994.

Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Peter E. Bell, Jr, of Fresno, Calif. And John G. Bell and his wife Deya, of Pompano Beach, Fla., and two daughters, Debrorah L. Baker and her husband, Rick, of Lewiston, Maine and Kathleen R. Bell of Auburn: two brothers, Gardner Bell and Charles Bell, both of Homosassa, Fla.; one sister, Beverly Ryan, also of Homosassa; and five grandchildren, Karissa, Justine, Kayla, Brendan Bell and Kendra Baker.