Bruce Connell

February 28, 1942– April 16, 1970

Bruce Connell, Natick Engineer

NATICK - Bruce Connell, 28, of 23 Bellevue Road, Natick, died Thursday at the University Hospital, Boston, after a lingering illness. Mr. Connell was born in Natick and is the son of the late Wilfrid T. Connell and Mrs. Marion (Gowetz) Connell.

He was a graduate of Natick High school in 1960 and Worcester Tech in 1964. Mr. Connell was a veteran of the Vietnam war and was on active duty from Nov. 1965 until Dec., 1967. He was employed as a design engineer at ,the Raytheon Corporation in Bedford. He is survived by, besides his mother, his wife Cheryl (Cookson) and two brothers, David of Guilford, Conn., and Richard of Aurora, Ohio.

He was a member of the Natick chapter of DeMolay and a member of the Meridian Lodge AF and AM and Parker Royal Arch chapter, both of Natick. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Pilgrim Church in Sherborn with the Rev. John Morgan officiating. Organist will be C. Robert Montgomery.

Interment will follow in the Dell Park cemetery, Natick.

Visiting hours are at the Mitchell Funeral Home tonight 7-9 p.m. and at 8 p.m. there will be a ritual presented by the officers and members of Meridian Lodge.