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Verle Ward Crandell Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1919
Date of Birth Dec 13, 1901
Date of Passing Mar 23, 1962
About Verle W. Crandell Former Resident Dies Unexpectedly

Verle W. Crandell, 60, superintendent of the U.3 Bureau of Fisheries, Department of the Interior, for the state of Ohio, died unexpectedly Friday at his home in Hebron, Ohio, where he had resided for the past ten years.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Winchester Funeral Home here with the Reverend Harold E. Kohn officiating. Bural was in Brookside cemetery. On Sunday services also were held in Hebron.

Born in Charlevoix Apr. 11, 1901, Mr Crandell left here about 1919 following his graduation from the Charlevoix high school and became associated with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. He rose to the position of superintendent of the state of Ohio for the Bureau of Fisheries, a position he held at the time of his death.

He was a member of the Charlevoix Masonic lodge No. 282 and the Gold Star Fathers.

Surviving are his wife, Tilma; a granddaughter and one sister, Mrs. Arthur Wexstaff of Charlevoix. A son, Loren, preceded him in death in 1954.
Verle Ward Crandell