Charles W McDannell, 82, who had served as a Highland Twp. Supervisor, died Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at his home on Orrtanna R.1, leaving more than 100 survivors.
He had been in declining health for the last three years. The Adams County coroner, Dr. C. G. Crist, said the death was caused by chronic myocrditis.
A son of the late Daniel and Barbara (Baker) McDannell, he was a lifelong resident of Adams County and was a member of the Mennonite Church in Mummasburg.
His first wife, the late Minnie Lauver, died in 1931.
Surviving are his second wife, the former Ruth Sentz; 12 children, Mrs. Mary Gigous, Gettysburg; Earl McDannell, Orrtanna R.1; Mrs. Ira Ogburn, Hyattsville, Md.; Mrs. Dwight Sites, Fairfield R.1; Raymond McDannell, Wilmington, Del; Miss Pauline McDannell, Orrtanna R.1; Melvin McDannell, Chambersburg; Russell McDannell, Hanover; Mrs. John Miller, Gettysburg R.5; Mrs. Marlene Painter, McKnightstown; Mrs. Edward Crouse, Littlestown, and S/Sgt. Robert McDannell, stationed at Okinawa, and two stepchildren, Mrs. Luther Miller, Gettysburg, and Mrs. Clifford Powell, Orrtanna R1.
Also surviving are 54 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, three, Mrs. Mary Forsythe, Fairfield R.D.; Mrs. Annie McCracken, Gettysburg, and Mrs. Ellie Powell, Orrtanna, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Forest Ogburn officiating. Interment will be made in Flohr’s Church Cemetery.
Charles W McDannell, 82, who had served as a Highland Twp. Supervisor, died Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at his home on Orrtanna R.1, leaving more than 100 survivors.
He had been in declining health for the last three years. The Adams County coroner, Dr. C. G. Crist, said the death was caused by chronic myocrditis.
A son of the late Daniel and Barbara (Baker) McDannell, he was a lifelong resident of Adams County and was a member of the Mennonite Church in Mummasburg.
His first wife, the late Minnie Lauver, died in 1931.
Surviving are his second wife, the former Ruth Sentz; 12 children, Mrs. Mary Gigous, Gettysburg; Earl McDannell, Orrtanna R.1; Mrs. Ira Ogburn, Hyattsville, Md.; Mrs. Dwight Sites, Fairfield R.1; Raymond McDannell, Wilmington, Del; Miss Pauline McDannell, Orrtanna R.1; Melvin McDannell, Chambersburg; Russell McDannell, Hanover; Mrs. John Miller, Gettysburg R.5; Mrs. Marlene Painter, McKnightstown; Mrs. Edward Crouse, Littlestown, and S/Sgt. Robert McDannell, stationed at Okinawa, and two stepchildren, Mrs. Luther Miller, Gettysburg, and Mrs. Clifford Powell, Orrtanna R1.
Also surviving are 54 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, three, Mrs. Mary Forsythe, Fairfield R.D.; Mrs. Annie McCracken, Gettysburg, and Mrs. Ellie Powell, Orrtanna, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Forest Ogburn officiating. Interment will be made in Flohr’s Church Cemetery.
Family Members
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Mary Edith McDannell Gigous
1908–2004
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Earl William McDannell
1909–1973
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Helen May McDannell Ogburn
1912–1989
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Clyde Albert McDannell
1914–1932
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Pearl Alda McDannell Sites
1916–1980
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Raymond Charles McDannell
1917–1982
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Infant Girl McDannell
1919–1919
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Pauline Elizabeth McDannell
1921–2005
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Melvin Ira "Buck" McDannell
1923–1995
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Russell Glenn McDannell
1925–1969
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Mae Louise McDannell Miller
1937 – unknown
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Marlene Veda McDannell Painter
1939 – unknown
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Madeline Viola McDannell Crouse
1939 – unknown
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Robert Lee McDannell
1941 – unknown
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