Donald E. Carney, Sr., age 76, of Butler, passed away Saturday afternoon at Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler.

Born in Natrona Heights on July 3, 1939, he was a son of the late Clyde and Marie Brubaker Carney.

Don was employed for more than 30 years as a truck driver for Three Rivers Cold Storage.

He was a social member of VFW Post 519 in Grove City and he was an avid fisherman and golfer.

He is survived by three sons, Don Carney, Jr, and his wife, Sue, of Leechburg, John Carney, of West Tarentum, and Robert Carney, of Butler; three daughters, Elizabeth "Libby" Richardson and her husband, Dan, of Finleyville, PA, Mary Semple, of Cranberry Township, and Jackie Brown and her husband, Tom, of Butler; 11 grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

Two sisters, Lois Conroy, of Natrona Heights, and Eleanor Bruckner, of Austin, Texas, also survive.

Don was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. A brother-in-law, Charles M. "Buddy" Conroy, Jr., passed away just this past Monday, March 21.

Friends of Donald E. Carney, Sr. will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, Inc., 429 Center Avenue, Butler, on Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.

A blessing service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Burial will take place in Allegheny County Memorial Park Cemetery.