Memorial
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Maumee, Ohio

North Garden Plaque
Plate 02-01

ERNEST D. SPANGLER, 1914
Spangler Candy Company Timeline

ERNEST D. SPANGLER

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died-1975
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Spangler Candy Cofounder

Ernest Dayton Spangler was born on July 22, 1883 to Clara O. and Albert Cornelius Spangler. His siblings are Truman Augustus Spangler, Omar Linwood Spangler, and Arthur G. Spangler.

Ernest first married Edith Talbot Boyer (01-01)*. Their children are Thomas Spangler, Charles Boyer Spangler (03-01), Norman Ernest Spangler, Albert T. Spangler (05-01), and Frank Talbot Spangler.

Ernest later married Nancy Louise Young. His stepchildren are William Young and Kenneth Young.

Ernest was the co-founder of the Spangler Candy Company in 1908. The company, with a branch in Toledo, Ohio, produces over one hundred million candy canes and lollipops annually.

Ernest's older brother, Arthur founded the family managed and owned Spangler Manufacturing Company in Defiance, Ohio in 1906. At first the company made baking products.

Ernest, a Toledo candy jobber, joined the company in 1908, starting its transition to the Spangler 'Candy' Company in 1920. The company had moved to Bryan, Ohio in 1913. Thus the city became 'the candy cane capital of the world'.

Ernest was president of the Boards of Education of Bryon, Ohio in the mid 1920's and of Maumee, Ohio in the early 1950's.

He was member of the Bryan, Ohio Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for 50 years.

Ernest was founder and charter member of the Orchid Hills Country Club in Bryan, Ohio. He was a member of Toledo Club and the National Candy Association.

Ernest was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Maumee, Ohio, serving on the Vestry in 1933 and as its Senior Warden. ₁

Ernest died at home on February 3, 1975 in Maumee, Ohio.

Obituary Summary on April 3, 2022

Download the Toledo Blade Obituary
ERNEST D SPANGLER 1975-02-04
obtained from the Toledo Library.

'Find A Grave' Memorial

1 History of St. Paul's, Ruth Miller, page 24

* A link to the person's Nameplate shown by its row and column on the Memorial Garden North Garden Plaque.