Visitation
December 16, 2011
7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Visitation
December 17, 2011
12 :00 - 1:00 P{.M.
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church [Map]
Memorial Service
December 17, 2011
1:00 P.M.
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church [Map]
Interment
Location: Private
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Wesley Corbin Mandell, USN Retired, of Upper Marlboro, MD passed away peacefully after a brief illness on December 8, 2011, at age 84. Wes was born on July 9, 1927, in El Paso, Texas, to the late Darwin and Louise Mandell. He grew up on a farm with his three younger brothers in the Mesilla Valley area of eastern New Mexico and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 7, 1944. He served his country for 30 years, retiring as an E9 Master Chief Petty Officer. Most of his Navy career was spent in the engine room of nuclear propulsion submarines. Following his naval retirement, he worked another 20 years at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Never one to sit still and always someone who needed a purpose, his second retirement was followed by numerous part time jobs including serving as a bailiff in the Prince George’s County Court House in Upper Marlboro for many years until he “officially” retired last year. As a resident of Upper Marlboro for 56 years, he enjoyed serving his community and his church, Trinity Episcopal. He was proud to be a member of the Fleet Reserve in Annapolis; the American Legion;Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9616 of Moringside; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Deale; the Moose Lodge in Upper Marlboro; the FOP Lodge 89; and the Masonic Centennial Lodge in Upper Marlboro. He was truly one of a kind and he will be dearly missed.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Buck Sherbert Mandell, and by his brothers Darwin “Junior” and Paul Mandell. He is survived by his brother Harold Mandell of San Antonio, Texas; two daughters Donna Hyatt of Richmond, VA, and Ann Marie Smith and her husband Pierre Laprade Smith of Chesapeake Beach, MD; and his son Melvin D. Sherbert and his wife Janet Distad Sherbert of Dunkirk, MD. He is also survived by his grandchildren Marleigh and Jared Smith and Doug, Greg, and Russell Sherbert; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial Contributions
Trinity Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 187
Upper Marlboro, MD 20773
or a charity of one's choice
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