Gabriel "Gabe" P. Kissell Jr.

Gabriel (Gabe) Paul Kissell Jr. 86 died peacefully at the Vermont Veterans Home on Friday November 6 at sunset, surrounded by family.

He was one of 11 children of Polish Immigrants. He is predeceased by his father, Gabriel Paul Kissell Sr., mother, Mary Ponek Kissell, brothers John, Steven, Anthony, Joseph, Walter, Frances, Phillip, and 2 sisters Rose Waryas, and Helen Frankiewicz and survived by one sister, Geneiva (Kissell) Denno. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Cecille LaVictoire Kissell, 3 daughters, Patricia Balbirnie, Mary Ellen Kissell Lawrence, Melissa Robinson and husband, Richard Robinson, and son, David Kissell, five grandchildren, Aaron Lawrence, Stephanie Lawrence and husband Jameson Roberts, Cassidy Robinson, Alexander James Balbirnie and Brandon Balbirnie, several nieces and nephews, and two beloved Boston terriers Dottie and Papi.

Gabriel was born in Westminster Vermont on 7/28/1934 and raised on the Kissell family farm.

Graduated from Bellows Falls High School, attended Business College in Boston, is a US Army veteran and retired from General Electric in Rutland in 1996 after 32 years.

He was a devout Catholic and member of Christ the King Church. He enjoyed, fishing, hunting, gardening, and family.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Christ the King Church at a date to be determined.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington VT or the Rutland Humane Society on his behalf.

Arrangements are by Clifford Funeral Home.