Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Chandler, Vivian Hunter "Viv" February 15, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 17, 2004
     Vivian Hunter “Viv” Chandler, 78, a resident of Hood River, died Sunday, 
Feb. 15, 2004 at a local hospital there.
     He was born Aug. 27, 1925 in Guntersville, Ala. to Hunter and Mary Esther 
(King) Chandler and grew up there. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1946 
and served with the 81st Airborne Squadron.
     Following his military service he worked as a master machinist for the 
Superior Coach Co. in Michigan and Ohio as well as several shipyards in the 
south before moving to Oregon in 1986. He joined the family of his chosen 
companion Dorothy O’Dell in Hood River in 1989.
     He enjoyed golfing, fishing and hunting, doing volunteer work in his 
community, especially with the Odell Lions Club, playing with his dog, Maggie, 
and his several cats, and flower and vegetable gardening. He was a member of 
Masonic Lodge No. 105 in Hood River and American Legion Post 22 and the United 
Steelworkers of America in addition to the Odell Lions club.
     He is survived by his children; daughter Mildred Snodgrass and her 
husband Ray of Tennessee; son, John Milford Chandler and his wife Louise of 
Texas; brothers Tom and his wife Florence of The Dalles, Alvin and his wife 
Edna of Parkdale, Clay and his wife Beulah of Indiana, Ray and his wife Doris 
of Tennessee; sisters Doris and her husband Harold Bradford, and Sarah and her 
husband James Parton, his grandchildren, Tammy Hale, Dorothy Joannes Snodgrass 
of Tennessee, Lori, Erica, Jay, and Jessica of Texas; great-grandchildren 
Megan of Tennessee, Laci, Kelly, and Kaela of Texas, as well as several nieces 
and nephews. Also surviving are his companion Dorothy A. O’Dell and her 
family; sons Micheal D. and James R. O’Dell, and grandchildren James D. and 
his wife Victoria O’Dell and Casandra O’Dell. He was preceded in death by his 
parents and by a brother and sister, J.W. and Clara.
     A celebration of life luncheon will be held at the Odell Odd Fellows 
Lodge on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and the family will observe 
private ceremonies of remembrance in conjunction with the placement of his 
ashes.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Masonic Scholarship Fund, 
c/o Hood River Lodge #105, A.F.&A.M. or to the Lions Sight and Hearing 
Foundation, c/o Odell Lions Club, P.O. Box 1, Odell, OR 97044. Arrangements 
are by Columbia Cremation & Burial in The Dalles.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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