Chandler Cook

CHANDLER B. COOK

Urbana

Chandler B. Cook, 95, formerly of Urbana, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at Woodlands Senior Park, Fond du Lac, Wis.

He was born Sept. 11, 1921, in Urbana, Iowa, a son of Ross E. and Esther L. McVay Cook. Chandler was a graduate of Urbana High School and Coe College. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1945 as a B-17 pilot involved in 35 missions with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

On Sept. 11, 1949, he married Doris A. Elwick. She preceded him in death on Sept. 17, 2016.

Chandler worked in sales for Amana Refrigeration, Hawk Bilt Manufacturing and Farm Bureau Insurance and ran a third-generation family grocery store.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, American Legion for 71 years and was founder of the Lions Club in Urbana.

He is survived by two daughters, Pamela (Delmar) Coburn and Deborah (Kevin) Wilt; five grandchildren, Joshua (Kelly) Coburn, Hannah Coburn, Jennifer (Jerid) Schoeck, Karissa (Jesse) Eckhardt and Andrea Wilt; seven great-grandchildren, Nora Coburn, Micah Coburn, Kevin Schoeck, Avery Schoeck, Tate Schoeck, Tyler Eckhardt and Cooper Eckhardt; brothers and sisters-in-law, Keith (Janet) Elwick, Ruth Reed, Ronnie (Judy) Elwick and Nancy (Dennis) Lausar.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Doris; a sister, Margaret Cook; his father- and mother-in-law, Cyrus and Kethyn Elwick; and a brother-in-law, Tom Reed.

Funeral services will be at a later date, with burial in Rienzi Cemetery.

Kurki-Mach Funeral Chapel & Crematory in Fond du Lac, Wis., is serving the family. ww.kurkimachfuneralchapel.com (920) 921-4420