NameWayne Nelson CRANDALL157,138
Birth22 Apr 1914, Andover, Allegany Co., New York
Death8 Nov 1980, Hornell,steuben Co., New York
BurialAlfred Rural Cemetery, Alfred Township, Allegany Co., NY
OccupationHigh School Teacher, Administrator
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
Spouses
Birth16 Oct 1915, Farina, Fayette Co., Illinois
Death30 Apr 1998, Alfred, Allegany Co., New York
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherLeslie Oscar GREENE (1886-1953)
MotherGeorgia L. BLACK (~1888->1953)
Marriage25 Jun 1937, Haigler, Dundy Co., Nebraska
Notes for Wayne Nelson CRANDALL
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 203, No 1, p 27, Jan., 1981.
Deacon Wayne N. Crandall, son of Milford and Euphemia Crandall, was born on April 22, 1914 in the town of Andover, New York, and died at Bethesda Hospital, Hornell, New York, November 8, 1980.
Mr. Crandall was a graduate of Cornell University and served as a school administrator and teacher all of his life. His talents were used in Almond, Canisteo, and Arkport, New York. Upon retirement in 1970, he and his wife, Katherine, answered the call to go to Jamaica, West Indies, where he served four years as principal of the Crandall High School, a Seventh Day Baptist institution named after his uncle, Dr. Benjamin Crandall.
He served as deacon in the Independence and Alfred Station, New York, Seventh Day Baptist Churches.
He was a member of the Arkport, New York, Exchange Club and of the Hornell Camp of the Gideons International where he served as treasurer up to the time of his confinement. For many years he was a devoted member of the Board of Directors of the Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education and was the president for several terms. His denomination honored him by electing him Conference president for the year of 1959.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine Green Crandall; a daughter, E. Camille (Mrs. Joseph) Lovering of South Burlington, Vermont; three sons, Kenneth of Medway, Massachusetts, Curtis of Kenmore, New York, and Dale of Arkport, New York; a sister, Maxine (Mrs. Arnold) Remaly of Greenfield, Massachusetts; a brother, Edward of Alfred, New York; and six grandchildren.
Farewell services were held in the Bender Funeral Home in Hornell, New York, with his pastor, the Reverend Rex E. Zwiebel, officiating.
Interment was in the Alfred Rural Cemetery, Alfred, New York. R. E. Z.
Notes for Katherine M. (Spouse 1)
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 220, No 7, p 24, July-Aug., 1998.
Katherine M. Crandall, 82, of Alfred, N. Y., died on April 30, 1998, after a brief illness.
She was born on October 16, 1915, in Farina, Ill., the daughter of Leslie and Georgia (Black) Greene. She had lived in Canisteo and Arkport, N. Y., prior to moving to Alfred.
On June 25, 1936, Katherine married Wayne Crandall, who predeceased her in 1980. Her second husband, Edward Crandall, died in December 1997.
She was a member of the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she was a deaconess, and a member of the Advisory Board and Women's Society. She also belonged to the Hornell (N.Y.) Gideon Auxiliary.
Survivors include one daughter, Camile Lovering of Williston, Vt.; three sons, Curtis of Kenmore, N. Y., Kenneth of Amhurst, N. Y., and Dale of Gainesville, Ga.; one sister, Marjorie Bond of Alfred; three brothers, Donald Greene of Louisville, Ky., Herbert Greene of Lombard, Ill., and Harold Greene of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
A service was held on May 3, 1998, with her pastor, Rev. Leon Wheeler, officiating.
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