LEWISTON – Donatienne “Dot” Brunelle, formerly of 7 Russell St., died at Russell Park Manor on Nov. 25.

She was born in Lewiston, June 24, 1917, the daughter of Amedee and Eugenie (Leclair) Dutil. She was employed at Bates Manufacturing Co. for many years until her retirement in 1980.

Dot was the wife of Leo Brunelle. He died in 1984.

Survivors include a daughter, Doris Pistel and her husband, Carl; a granddaughter, Barbara Pepin and her husband, Kenneth Butler; two great-grandchildren, Janelle and Derek, all of Connecticut; one brother, Brother Robert Dutil, OMI, of Tewksbury, Mass.; one half-sister, Elaine Davis and her husband, Nonnan, of Auburn; a very special niece, Sister Dorine Moreau ofWaterville; a stepdaughter, Doris Ann Bradstreet of Topsham; one stepson, Robert Brunelle and his wife, Rita, of Lewiston; 11 step-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her parents; a brother, Armand; a sister, Armande; two stepdaughters, Priscilla Tapley and Jeannette Hamilton; and one step-granddaughter, Julie Bradstreet.


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