Thomas “Tom” E. Chandler 1942 - 2018

CHANDLER, KINSELLA, WILDER, THOMPSON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 10/18/2021 at 21:51:17

Sioux City Journal
23 March 2018

Kingsley, Iowa -- Thomas “Tom” E. Chandler, 75, of Kingsley, passed Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at a care center in Remsen, Iowa.

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday with the Rev. Bill McCarthy officiating at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley. Visitation with the family present will be one hour prior to the funeral service. Military rites conducted by the U.S. Air Force will be conducted at the funeral home following the funeral service. Condolences may be directed online for the family at www. rohdefh.com.

Thomas Eugene Chandler was born May 1, 1942, the son of Willard F. and Ramona (Kinsella) Chandler in Sioux City. Tom grew up in Moville, Iowa, graduating from Moville High School in 1960. After graduating from high school, he attended college in California until he entered the Air Force where he was stationed in Cheyenne, Wyo. in the missile program.

He married Annie Margaret Wilder in July of 1967. They had two sons, Chad and Cort Chandler. Following his honorable discharge from the Air Force, he worked in Clinton, Iowa with his brother in a dental lab. After that he moved to Camanche, Iowa, where he lived from 1970-78 working as a supervisor for the chemical plastic company, Chemplay. After that he worked from 1978–1980 as a supervisor for a motorcycle helmet company. From 1980 until his retirement in 2007, he was an engineer for Boeing-Ratheon airplane manufacturing in Wichita, Kan.

Tom married Marilyn Thompson-Mercer July 22, 2011. After their marriage, Tom and Marilyn made their home in Kingsley. Tom always enjoyed his family and spending time with them.

Tom is survived by his wife, Marilyn Mercer-Chandler of Kingsley; son, Chad Chandler of Wichita; son, Cort (Korene) Chandler of Wichita and their two children, Jake and Lilly; sister, Mary Lou (Don) Cain of Burwell, Neb.; sister-in-law, June Chandler of Branson, Mo.; step-son, Rick (Linda) Mercer of Kingsley and their three children, Ryan, Robby and Rachel; step-son, Rusty (Brandy) Mercer, of Miami, Okla. and their two children, Caden and Cali; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Tom was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Connie; and brother, Bill Chandler.