![]() He later established blueberry bushes and fruit and nut trees at their home on Grindstone Hill Road and supported Beulah with her many flower gardens. He taught fifth grade in Greencastle-Antrim School District from 1965-1979.Įarly in life, with his wife Beulah, he was a dairy farmer at Shady Grove, PA. Thomas High School, a 1965 graduate of Eastern Mennonite College with a degree in Bible and Elementary Education, and a 1968 graduate of Shippensburg State College with a Master’s in Education. He served on the Board of Directors of Menno Haven, Inc. He chaired the Mennonite Historical Association of Cumberland Valley from 1987-2010 and led the organization to sponsor the publication of two exhaustive histories of the Mennonites in the Cumberland Valley. Merle was ordained minister at Marion Mennonite Church in 1954 and ordained as bishop in 1971, serving the Marion congregation and others within the Franklin Mennonite Conference. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Beulah Cordell on Decemand siblings, Helen (Leroy) Horst, Glenn (Mary) Cordell, Walter (Winnie) Cordell, Irvin (Margaret) Cordell, Wilbur (Janet) Cordell, Wayne Cordell, and Daniel (Frances) Cordell. Sisters-in-law, Lily Cordell, Elsie Shank, and Miriam Timmons, survive as do many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Nicole (Erik) Muther, Jared Gontz, Jenny Gontz, Tara (Jesse) Castellar, and Ashlea (Gregory) Lowe seven great-grandchildren, Simon and Tobias Muther, Brycen, Sophia, and Camilla Castellar, and Xavier and Alijah Lowe. Lehman of Hagerstown, MD/Reedville, VA, Ruby (Delbert) Gontz, David (Patricia) Cordell and Richard (Sandra) Cordell, all of Chambersburg, PA. Merle is survived by his four children, Doris E. Thomas, PA, he was the son of the late Herbert R. Cordell, 97, of Grindstone Hill Road, Chambersburg, PA passed away June 4, 2023, at Providence Place, Chambersburg.
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