Kandel, Clayton Mast (1920-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Feb 2 p. 9

Birth date: 1920 Oct 5

text of obituary:

CLAYTON KANDEL

Clayton Mast Kandel, 88, of Berlin, Ohio, died Jan. 8, 2009, at Aultman Hospital in Canton after a heart attack. He was born Oct. 5, 1920, to Joseph E. and Lydia (Mast) Kandel in Millersburg.

He married Doris Miller on Aug. 14, 1943. She preceded him in death on Jan. 25, 1990.

He was a life member of Martin’s Creek Mennonite Church and enjoyed traveling, including many trips with Wycliffe. He was the initiator of the first Mennonite Information Center in Berlin, and was founder, co-owner and salesman of Central Farm Supply of Wooster.

Survivors include seven children, Ethel Miller and her husband, Andy, of Walnut Creek, Shirley Kandel of Berlin, Kenneth Kandel and his wife, Rosalie, of Sugarcreek, Keith Kandel and his wife, Margaret, of Lisbon, Marlene Swartzendruber and her husband, Tom, of Shickley, Neb., Karla Kandel of Masillon, and Julie Stutzman and her husband, Mark, of Walnut Creek; two brothers, Forrest Kandel and his wife, Mary Ann, and Clifford Kandel and his wife, Joan, both of Millersburg; two sisters, Mary Troyer of Millersburg, and Ethel Miller and her husband, Clarence, of Orrville; a sister-in-law, Mary Kandel of Berlin; 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris; an infant son, Roger; a brother, Robert Kandel; and a sister, Fern Miller.