Brandon Michael MacDonald

LEWISTON- Brandon Michael MacDonald, 18, passed away unexpectedly on Monday August 13, 2012 at Central Maine Medical Center due to natural causes. Brandon was born on July 29, 1994 at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway. Brandon grew up in Greene, attending schools in Greene and Turner. He graduated from Leavitt Area High School with the Class of 2012 and recently graduated from the Lewiston Regional Technical Center Law Enforcement Program and was going to further his career in Law Enforcement at CMCC. While in school he played soccer, baseball and football. He also played baseball for Andy Valley League Post 58. Brandon was a member of the 2009 Class B Football State Championship team. Brandon also was a member of the Class B East Division Championship team for 2009, 2010 and 2011. Brandon at the time of his death was employed at Dunkin Donuts on Strawberry Ave. in Lewiston.

He touched the lives of everyone he met. He would walk into a room and light it with a smile. He cared about others more than himself and made sure to give everyone a hug. One of Brandon’s many interests was spending time with his friends and family. Brandon loved spending time in the summer with his grandparents Wendell and Valarie at Higgins Beach in Scarborough. He enjoyed spending time driving around in his car with his friends blasting the music. Brandon is survived by his parents Michael and Cindy (Strout) MacDonald and brother Bryan of Greene; a sister Christina M. MacDonald, her companion Brian Estes and their children Abigail and Jonathan Michael of Gaffney, South Carolina; grandmother Valerie Knight of Casco; Uncle Wendell Strout and his wife Deborah and daughter Delanie; Uncle Scott Strout all of Greene; cousins Ben Boulay of Lewiston and David Williamson of Maryland; Aunt Mary Louise MacDonald of Rumford and Uncle Peter MacDonald and his wife Jane of Gray; he is also survived by special brothers Zack Fullerton, Devin McMahan and Cordell Albert; as well as his best friend Heather Brown. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents Wendell and Teresa Strout; and paternal grandparents Edmund and Dorothy MacDonald.

The family would like to say a special thank you to Dunkin Donuts on Strawberry Ave., United Ambulance, Central Maine Medical Center ER and the Lewiston Police Department for everything they did. If Brandon could say one last thing it would be “Hey Beautiful” and give you a hug. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com . NOTICE MacDonald- Died in Lewiston Monday August 13, 2012. Mr. Brandon M. age 18 a resident of Greene. Funeral services honoring Brandon’s life will be celebrated on Saturday at 11:00 AM at the Pinette & Lynch Funeral Home. Committal services will then follow at Valley Cemetery in Greene. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to the Leavitt Football Boosters for the establishment of the Brandon Michael MacDonald Scholarship Fund. Leavitt Football C/O Kelly McMahan 237 Sawyer Rd. Greene, Maine 04236. Visitation will be held on Friday from 2-4 & 7-9PM at the Pinette & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.