Crandall, Lester 1899-1954

CRANDALL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/11/2008 at 19:38:16

LESTER CRANDALL

Military funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Luken Funeral Home for Lester Crandall, 54, who died Friday morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weidenfeller in LeMars, with whom he had made his home for the last 20 years. The American Legion had charge of military rites. Rev. Frank Patterson officiated. Burial was in City Cemetery.

Mr. Crandall was born September 29, 1899, at Rock Elm, Wis. He served in the Canadian expeditionary forces in World War I and also served in World War II.

The nearest survivor is a niece, Catherine Crandall, in Victoria, British Columbia.

Pallbearers were: A.J. Orban, H.F. Gralapp, Leo Hughes, Oscar Weidenfeller, Howard Faust, and D.N. Zerg.

~Source: The LeMars Globe-Post, May 10, 1954
~Note: Date of death was Friday, May 7, 1954.