Bernard McDonnell of Shawnee died Thursday at a local hospital. He was 77.

He was born August 27, 1923, in Lackawanna, New York to John and Helen McDonnell.

He attended Our Lady of Victory High School in Lackawanna, N.Y.; Syracuse University at Syracuse, N.Y., and received a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Mr. McDonnell was a Civil Service Cost Analyst for the U. S. Air Force, retiring in 1983. He served in the Army/Air Corps at Tinker Air Force Base and later on Guam.

He married Jewell Souders May 9, 1946, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, of which he was a member.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

Survivors include his wife, Jewell McDonnell of the home; three sons and a daughter-in-law, David McDonnell, Shawnee; Mark and Diana McDonnell, Shawnee; Scott McDonnell, Shawnee; two daughters and a son-in-law, Janet and Ron Seckel, Billings, Montana; Kathy West, Shawnee; three brothers, Mike McDonnell, Hollywood, Florida; Bill McDonnell, Rochester, N.Y.; Edward McDonnell, Blasdell, N.Y.; three sisters, Mary Pietrzak, Sun Lakes, Arizona; Catherine Tunney, Hamburg, N.Y.; Betty McDonnell, Orchard Park, N.Y.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday at St. Benedict Catholic Church with the Rev. Charles Massoth, O.S.B. officiating.

Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery.

The prayer service will be 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Roesch-Walker Funeral Chapel.