Don C. Chandler
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| December 21, 1934 ~
April 19, 2011 |
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April 22, 2011 |
Don C. Chandler, 76, departed this earth at the
Pinewood Care Facility in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Services will be
held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Grandview
Cemetery, Bonners Ferry.
Don was born in Long Beach, California, December
21, 1934, to Irene and Harold Chandler. His
youth was spent in Long Beach, where his primary
interests were automobiles and drag racing. He
was an excellent mechanic and was working as a
tune up mechanic in his late teens.
Don served two years in the U. S. Army and
returned to Long Beach after is discharge. He
was employed by General Telephone as a mechanic
and held the position of fleet supervisor at the
time of his retirement.
He then converted a forty passenger Greyhound
Bus he had purchased into a R.V,. which served
as his home until a tragic accident left him
incapacitated.
Don spent his winters in California and his
summers in Bonners Ferry, enabling him to play
golf year around. Golf, his bus and his many
friends were the joys of his life.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his
sister, Carolyn Miller.
He is survived by his brother-in-law Dean Miler,
nephews Chris Miller and wife Jan, Kirk Miller
and wife Claudia, Dane Miller and wife Arlene,
and niece Sheri Spuhler, and numerous grand
nieces and nephews.
Following the service a reception will be held
at the Chic n' Chop restaurant.
Family and friends are invited to sign Don’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. Arrangements are
entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral
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