John MCCANDLESS

1893 - 1951  (58 years)

• Name	John MCCANDLESS
  Born	3 Jan 1893	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1905	Ellis Island, NY
  Died	16 Aug 1951  [1]
  Buried	Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Newcastle Co., DE
  Person ID	I23930	Primary
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	William H. MCCANDLESS,   b. Abt 1873, Ireland ,   d. 22 Oct 1942, DE  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Rebecca DEVANEY,   b. Abt 1873, Ireland ,   d. 9 Aug 1910  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Family ID	F8297	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Beatrice YOUNG,   b. 30 Jul 1897, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE ,   d. 15 Sep 1981  (Age 84 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1916
  Children	+ 1. Thelma MCCANDLESS,   b. 13 Jun 1917, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE ,   d. 20 Jul 1979, Akron, OH  (Age 62 years) + 2. Audrey MCCANDLESS,   b. 22 Sep 1920, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE   3. John MCCANDLESS,   b. 29 Oct 1932, Louisville, KY + 4. William Eric MCCANDLESS
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F8296	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Newspaper Clipping, The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), 17 Aug 1951. Requiem Mass for John McCandless, 59, of 300 Newport Pike, a well-known singer of this city, will be said at 9:30 tomorrow morning in St. Matthew's Church, Woodcrest. Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery. There will be no viewing and friends are asked to omit flowers. Mr. McCandless died early yesterday afternoon at his home after a three months' illness. A bass-baritone, Mr. McCandless had sung in St. Elizabeth's Church choir for six years, and was a charter member of teh first bebershop quartet formally organized in Brandywine Hundred some years ago. He also had appeared as soloist and group singer before many civic functions. Among his other activities, Mr Mccandless was a member of Bishop Monaghan Council, Knights of Columbus. Mr. McCandless is surviced by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice M. McCandless; four children: Mrs; Carl Tucker of Akron, O; Mrs. Audrey C. Wood, Lexington, Ky.;John J. and William Eric, both at home; a brother, William H. McCandless of Wilmington, and two sisters, Mrs. George Porter , Christiana, and Mrs. Anton W. Benson, Smyrna.