{"id":19608,"date":"2020-12-04T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=19608"},"modified":"2020-12-20T17:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T23:46:28","slug":"obituary-mccandless-robert-dorrance-bob","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=19608","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; McCandless, Robert Dorrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1918<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1918 Peroma<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1918_McCandless_Robert_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Robert McCandless\" \/><br \/>Robert McCandless<\/h2>\n<p>Glee Club, Football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He never indulges in the dainties found in text books.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Robert Dorrance McCandless<\/h1>\n<h3>February 7, 1900 &#8211; February 21, 1985<\/h3>\n<p>Robert D. McCandless, 85, of Sun City, Arizona, died February 21, 1985, at Beverly Manor.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Perry on February 7, 1900, he was the son of the late Harry A. McCandless, one of the founders of the Exchange Bank &#038; Trust Co., and Florence (Dorrance) McCandless.  He graduated from Perry High School in 1918.  <\/p>\n<p>He was a World War II Navy veteran and attended Oklahoma University.<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife, the former Elinor Magee, moved to Sun City in 1963 from Kansas.  <\/p>\n<p>Mr. McCandless worked for 40 years for Conoco Oil Company.  <\/p>\n<p>McCandless was preceded in death by his mother and one sister, Esther McCormick, in addition to his father.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church, 12225 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City, Arizona.  Graveside memorial rites have been set for 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Hill cemetery with Rev. Jim Dunkin, pastor of the First Presbyterian church officiating. Contributions may be made to the Residents Assistance Fund at Sun Valley Lodge.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19608"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19754,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19608\/revisions\/19754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}