David N. Buell's Obituary
David N. Buell passed away on Monday, February 4, 2008. He was a retired Aerospace Engineer with Chrysler and Martin Marietta having worked on the Redstone, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle programs. He also was a retired Professor at Southeastern Louisiana University, Dept. of Industrial Technology. A graduate of the University of New Mexico in engineering and earned Master Degrees from the University of Michigan in Mechanical Engineering and the Chrysler Institute in Automotive Engineering. He was one of the first civilian engineers to go to Huntsville, AL to study Rocketry from the German Scientist Wernher von Braun and one of the first engineers chosen by Chrysler fro the Aerospace Division. He was the holder of numerous patents including the patent on optical character recognition and biomedical sensing devices. Served in the Navy during WWII and a member of the Ancient Mariners, an organization of former sailors. Beloved father of Thomas Buell and spouse Dawnell, Duncan A. Buell and spouse Mary Ann and Connie B. Hinton. Grandfather of Holly A. Hinton, Scott C. Hinton and Kasey Buell. Step-grandfather of Elise Argueta, Tammy Stiebing and Tiffany Wall. Special friend of Katherine Daigle. Aged 84 years. A native of Bisbee, AZ and a resident of Mandeville, LA for 40 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the memorial services on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Christ Episcopal Church, 120 S. New Hampshire, Covington, LA 70433. Visitation on Friday from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home Inc., 2260 W. 21st. Ave., Covington, LA 70433 and on Saturday from 1:00 PM until service time, AT THE CHURCH. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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