Dawn E. (Brott) Bell, age 84, of Wellsboro, PA, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 14, 2023. 

She was born on October 5, 1938 in Elkland, PA, a daughter of the late Ernest W. and Nettie M. (Marcy) Brott and was married to the late Carvel P. Bell who passed away in 1993. 

Dawn was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Wellsboro, PA and was a teacher’s aide for many years.  She was a member of the Wellsboro Women’s Chorus, Women of the Moose, Wednesday Morning Musicales, Tioga County Historical Society, and the Red Hat Society. 

She founded Grief to Hope, was a county fair talent judge, loved working in her flower gardens, baking cookies with her grandchildren, and hosting tea parties and always told her grandchildren that she loved them bushels and pecks. 

Dawn is survived by a daughter: Denise Zaiss of Harleysville, PA, brother: Donald Brott of Tioga, PA, two grandchildren: Mitchell (Cara) Zaiss, Olivia (Josh) Wolf and a great grandson: William Wolf. 

She was predeceased by a son: Mark A. Bell in 2022. 

Friends may call on Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 9:30 to 11:00 am at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc. www.carletonfh.com Wellsboro, PA.  Interment will be in the Middlebury Union Cemetery, Middlebury Center, PA. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Tioga County Special Olympics, P.O. Box 534, Wellsboro, PA 16901.