Dr. William Claud Randel

Aug 7, 1914 - Feb 20, 1965

PENDLETON - Dr. William Claud Randel, 50, professor of forestry at Clemson University, died Saturday at 4 p.m. after a sudden attack of illness at his summer cottage near Seneca. Dr. Randel lived at Ashtabula, historic home at Pendleton once in Pelzer family, now owned by the Pendleton Foundation for Historic Restoration.

Born in Detroit, Mich., son of Mrs. Bertha Randel of East Lansing, Mich., and the late Otis W. Randel, Dr. Randel was graduated from Purdue University and received his Ph.D. degree in forestry from Syracuse University.

He joined the Clemson faculty in July, 1960, and was a member of the Sertoma Club and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at Clemson.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marian Cover Randel; three sons, Pfc. William Craig Randel en Army duty in Hawaii, Jeffrey King Randel, who is a student at Clemson, and Kerry Otis Randel, student at the University of South Carolina; and a sister, Mrs Arthur C. Bergen of Miami Beach, Fla.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Duckett Funeral Home of Central. The body is at the funeral home.

The Greenville News Greenville, SC, 21 Feb 1965

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com

09/28/2026 EJS

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