Fifth Generation

704. Samuel Luster VANDEL was born on 31 Aug 1870 in Pleasanton, Mercer, Iowa. He was christened on 18 Apr 1920. He died on 13 Sep 1944 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. He was buried about 16 Sep 1944 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. !From family notes.
Samuel Luster Vandel's father Abram named his son Luster after his superior
officer in the civil war.
!From the obituary of Samuel L. Vandel.
Samuel Vandel was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For many years he had been a member of the Masonic lodge, and many of his best friends are numbered among the members of that order. He was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He was a cornerstone in his community, known as a man of honor, truthfulness and justice. As a husband and father, no family could have asked for a better man. To his brother, he was more than a brother, he was the Big Brother. After passing from this life, men of his type and character live for a generation in the hearts and memory of those who knew him.

Samuel Luster VANDEL and Maud Roselle DUNCAN were married on 12 Dec 1894. Maud Roselle DUNCAN (daughter of Harvey (Peter) Montgomery DUNCAN and Sarah Elizabeth MACMURTRY) was born on 29 Apr 1867 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. She died on 16 Apr 1902 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. She was buried about 19 Apr 1902 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. !From the Corydon, Iowa Sentinel, April 21, 1892.
Miss Maud Duncan will teach at the Union school house in Decatur county. Samuel Luster VANDEL and Maud Roselle DUNCAN had the following children:

1348	i.	Samuel Wildo VANDEL was born on 14 Dec 1895 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. He died Heart attack on 16 Oct 1968 in Leon, , Iowa. He was buried on 19 Oct 1968 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. !From the Lineville Tribune Obituary: Samuel Wildo Vandel was born on December 14, 1895, in Wayne County near Lineville, Iowa. He was the oldest child and the only son of Samuel L. and Maud Duncan Vandel. Most of his life was spent in this same area. He started school in the Little Red Schoolhouse on Highway 65, then called the Tickle Grass School. He served in World War I, being inducted into the Army on February 27, 1918. He arrived at Brest, France, on May 30 and was soon in action at the front. On August 8 in the Somme Offensive he suffered mustard gas burns, and was hospitalized until September 30. He again returned to the front, where he served until the end of the war. His service continued with the Army of occupation in Luxenbourg until his company was returned to the U.S. and he was discharged on June 1st, 1919. Upon returning to the United States, he was awarded a Purple Heart by Woodrow Wilson. His Purple Heart certificate states that he "served with honor in the World War and was wounded in action". His life was spent as a farmer until the last 15 years of his life when he moved to Lineville. He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He never married. His death was due to a heart attack and he passed away at Leon on October 16, 1968. !BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Lineville, Iowa - Graveside Military Services by Lineville Duncan Smith Post.
+1349	ii.	Vera Lorraine VANDEL.
+1350	iii.	Hazel Beatrice VANDEL.
+1351	iv.	Nita Maud VANDEL.

Samuel Luster VANDEL and Naoma (Oma) CRAVENS were married on 1 Apr 1905 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa.