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Clarence Shandy

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Clarence Shandy

Birth
Wakefield, Clay County, Kansas, USA
Death
29 Oct 2011 (aged 92)
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Wakefield, Clay County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Clarence Shandy, age 92, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community, Tinklin Pointe House, Manhattan, Kansas.

He was born on December 11, 1918 in Wakefield, Kansas the son of Roy and Margaret (Yenni) Shandy. Clarence graduated from Wakefield High School in 1938. He attended Kansas State University for two and a half years prior to serving his country in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He worked as the building engineer at the Kansas State Union for 26 years.

He was united in marriage to Marguerite Stagg on September 12, 1942. She preceded him in death on March 26, 1952. He later married Dorothy (Crumbaker) Johnson on June 12, 1954 in Manhattan, Kansas. She preceded him in death on December 11, 1998.

Clarence loved fishing, K-State sports, playing cards, golfing, traveling, gardening, eating good food at cookouts, and especially being with his family and friends.

Memberships include the American Legion Post #17, Sertoma Club of Manhattan, VFW Post #1786 of Manhattan and the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Norman, his first wife, Marguerite and his second wife, Dorothy.

Clarence had a loving family. He is survived by his four children and their families: Carolyn and Alvin Taylor of Wyandotte, Michigan, Larry and Linda Johnson of Council Grove, Kansas, Robert and Mae Jean Shandy of Tecumseh, Kansas and Steve and Karen Johnson of Toledo, Oregon. He is also survived by ten grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan, Kansas with Rev. Andy Hargrove officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery, Wakefield, Kansas at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research at KSU or to the American Parkinson's Disease Foundation in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.
Clarence Shandy, age 92, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community, Tinklin Pointe House, Manhattan, Kansas.

He was born on December 11, 1918 in Wakefield, Kansas the son of Roy and Margaret (Yenni) Shandy. Clarence graduated from Wakefield High School in 1938. He attended Kansas State University for two and a half years prior to serving his country in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He worked as the building engineer at the Kansas State Union for 26 years.

He was united in marriage to Marguerite Stagg on September 12, 1942. She preceded him in death on March 26, 1952. He later married Dorothy (Crumbaker) Johnson on June 12, 1954 in Manhattan, Kansas. She preceded him in death on December 11, 1998.

Clarence loved fishing, K-State sports, playing cards, golfing, traveling, gardening, eating good food at cookouts, and especially being with his family and friends.

Memberships include the American Legion Post #17, Sertoma Club of Manhattan, VFW Post #1786 of Manhattan and the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Norman, his first wife, Marguerite and his second wife, Dorothy.

Clarence had a loving family. He is survived by his four children and their families: Carolyn and Alvin Taylor of Wyandotte, Michigan, Larry and Linda Johnson of Council Grove, Kansas, Robert and Mae Jean Shandy of Tecumseh, Kansas and Steve and Karen Johnson of Toledo, Oregon. He is also survived by ten grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan, Kansas with Rev. Andy Hargrove officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery, Wakefield, Kansas at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research at KSU or to the American Parkinson's Disease Foundation in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.


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