Donald Newell, retired firefighter, dies at 86
Donald Newell, a retired Boston firefighter, died Feb. 4 at Beverly Hospital of complications of pneumonia. He was 86 and lived in Saugus.
Mr. Newell was born in Nova Scotia and spent part of his teenage years there. After serving in the US Army Air Corps during World War II, he spent 37 years as a firefighter out of Orient Heights in East Boston for Ladder 21 and Engine 56.
"He just felt so honored that he could do a job that would save people's lives," said his daughter, Julie Covey of Saugus. "That meant a lot to him."
Mr. Newell also was commander of the American Legion in Saugus for five years in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was active with Shriners Aleppo Temple Fire Brigade during his retirement.
In addition to his daughter, Mr. Newell leaves a son, Robert of Danvers; three sisters, Beulah Kanarkiewicz of Saugus, Phyllis Leston of Danvers, and Fern Ruble of Woburn; and four grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, in Peabody.
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