Donald Stehle ’52

Donald Stehle ’52, of Fayetteville, N.Y., formerly of Cazenovia, N.Y.; Mar. 15. He enrolled at Brown at 16 years of age and met his future wife, Dorothy “Dot” Brandon ’54, who predeceased him. He enlisted in officers candidate school in Virginia and served overseas during the occupation of Korea. Following his service, he earned an engineering degree from Penn State and moved to New Hartford, N.Y., to work for General Electric. He retired in 1989 as a GE marketing manager. In 2012 he remarried and moved to Fayetteville. He was active in the Otsego Sailing Club, the Snow Ridge Ski Club, the House of Good Shepherd, the Willow Bank Yacht Club, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, and the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation. He is survived by his wife, Charleen; four children and their spouses, including son David ’81; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.