OBITUARY: The Manti Messenger, Thursday 3 June 1909:
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Victor E. Candland, of ? Nephi, Passes Away.
Victor E. Candland, a prominent and well known citizen of Nephi, who has a host of relatives and ? in this county, died at the mental hospital at Provo Saturday after enduring a distressful ? since last November.
The deceased was about forty-? Years of age and up to the time he was overtaken by the illness, which finally resulted in his death, was considered on of Juab county's most intelligent and useful young men. He was always ? in politics and never tired ? for the religion of his ? that of the dominant ? of Utah. He served his ? with ability and credit as ? for two terms. He ? successful mission in ? ern states and had been ? in the mission field in ? only a few months when ? overtaken by severe pains ? which necessitated his return home during the month of last November. A few weeks ago it was thought advisable to take him to the state mental hospital for treatment, where he gradually grew worse until death came as a relief.
He leaves a wife, seven small children, and friends numbered by the population of his community and in various sections of the state to mourn his loss.

TRIBUTE: The Manti Messenger, Thursday 1 July 1909:
Elder Victor E. Candland.
Victor E. Candland, son of David and Annie W. Candland, born at Mt. Pleasant, Utah, January 10, 1867; died May 28, 1909. He leaves a wife, seven children, a mother, eleven brothers, ? sisters and a host of friends.
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In Memoriam
He sees when their footsteps falter
When their hearts grow weak and faint
He marks when their strength is falling
Though there be no word of complaint
He bids them rest for a season
For the pathway has grown too steep
And folded away in green pastures
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
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To some, this article may seem to come rather late, but to us, it is never too late to say a kind word for those we love and to comfort those who are bereaved. It was the writer's good fortune to have known Victor Candland and his estimable and worthy wife. We knew him intimately and knew well, and we only knew him to esteem him more highly as the years passed by. Many a pleasant day we have spent in his cheerful society. Whether it be on the stream at fishing, in the hunter's field, in the political arena, or in religious discussion, in all of which he found recreation and took special delight; he was firm, honest and sincere in his convictions, at the same time he was broad minded and liberal in his expressions and perfectly willing to grant that his opponent be a gentleman, regardless of the congeniality of his convictions. May God, in his liberality, give us more characters, with whom to associate, like Victor Candland. To us, much good comes from our association with such men. Such associations help to develop the habit of weighing things in the balance of reason, to discard that which does not harmonize with the Creator's plans and God's laws as laid down in the big book of Nature.
His convictions, whether right or wrong, were honest and sincere, resulting from a strenuous study on his part and from which he calmly but bravely met the fate of all flesh. Having lived according to the light he had – and who shall judge that light but the just God before whom we all must pass – we leave the subject of this sketch to the hands of his Maker, with the hope that he is now engaged on an even more important mission than the one which he so ably filled here on earth.