Donald H. Maclellan

Donald Henry MacLellan, a resident of Westwood for 45 years, died Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at his home in Westwood.  He was 94.  Donald was born in Portland, Maine on April 17, 1915 the last surviving child of Charles Arnold and Nellie Sadie (Greenough) MacLellan, immigrants from Nova Scotia, Canada.  He graduated from Burdett College before serving in the US Army during World War Two.  Don worked for 20 years as the accountant for Simplex Wire & Cable Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then for LFE Corporation from where he retired in 1982.  He was a member of American Legion Post 320 of Westwood, a Past Master of West Roxbury Lodge AF & AM, and a member, and past chaplain, of Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge AF & AM of Westwood.  Don was a former member of the Stratford Street Baptist Church in West Roxbury, and the Islington Community Church of Westwood, where he had served as a deacon.  His passion, however, was Boy Scouting.  Don helped organize Troop 4 at the Stratford Street Church in 1940.  He served as the Scoutmaster of Troop One in Islington for 25 years and saw 48 of his scouts rise to the rank of Eagle Scout.  Donald served as the Unit Commissioner for the Boston Minuteman Council of Boy Scouts; he was the first recipient in Massachusetts of the Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouting Award; he held the Silver Beaver Award in Scouting; and the St. George’s Award from the Catholic Church.  Donald was the father of the late Donald Henry MacLellan Jr., and the brother of the late Harold Arnold MacLellan, the late Frank Warren MacLellan, and the late Helen Hallenbach.  He is survived by his wife, Estelle June (Cosgro) MacLellan; his son, Charles Joseph MacLellan of Novato, California; his daughter, Dorothy Jeanne Russell of Spanaway, Washington; as well as 3 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.  A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 8th at 11 AM at the First Baptist Church of Westwood, 808 High Street, Westwood.  Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery, West Roxbury.  In lieu of flowers donations to Eliot-Hyde ParK Lodge, 655 High Street, Westwood, MA 02090 or to the First Baptist Church, 808 High Street, Westwood, MA 02090 or to the Boston Minuteman Council, Boy Scouts of America, 411 Unquity Road, Milton, MA 02186 would be appreciated.