Date of birth: 28 Feb 1917 Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 18 Oct 1986 Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Daily Journal. Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana October 20, 1986
Thomas W. Chandler
Franklin
Thomas William Chandler, 69,
a Franklin resident 50 years, died
Saturday morning at his home. He
had been in failing health since January.
Born Feb. 28, 1917, in Edinburgh,
he was the son of Lora and Clemmie
(Hedger) Chandler. He married Opal
(Graham) Chandler July 24, 1936.
She survives.
He attended Edinburgh schools
and was a U.S. Army veteran of World
War II.
A welder, he worked 25 years at
Penn Central Railroad, retiring in
1971.
He was a member of American
Legion Post 205 in Franklin and
Transport Workers Union.
A service will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Vandivier-Tudor Funeral
Home in Franklin, with the Rev.
Cecil Parkhurst officiating. Friends
may call at the funeral home after
2 p.m. today. Burial will be at
Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin.
Surviving with his wife are
his stepmother, Mary L. Chandler of
Edinburgh; two daughters, Nancy
Perdue, Indianapolis, and Phyllis
Huckelby, Huntingburg; three sons,
Ronnie Chandler, Gary Chandler
and Joseph Chandler, all of Franklin;
14 grandchildren, and 15 great-
grandchildren.
Also surviving are one sister,
Alma Parkan, Bloomington; four half
sisters, Donna Brewster, Emilie
Passifume and Pauline Featherstone,
all of Edinburgh, and Delores Mullis,
Marion, and five half-brothers, Carl
Chandler, Robert Chandler, Chester
Chandler, Joe Chandler and Pat Chandler,
all of Edinburgh.
He was preceded in death by two
infant sons, one infant daughter and
two brothers.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey
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