In Memory ~ Chandler, Myrtle

In Memory ~ Myrtle Chandler

Died Wednesday, September 26th at the University of Colorado hospital

Myrtle's graduation picture, Class of 1961, AHS

MYRTLE'S OBITUARY

Myrtle F. Chandler, age 76, past away on Wednesday, September 26th, 2018, at University of Colorado Hospital in Denver, Colorado. She was born on August 1st, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Maude and Freeman McGuire.

Myrtle was a lifetime resident of Alliance. She was a director of the State Welfare Department in Box Butte County, from which she retired. She also worked at Alliance Head Start as a teacher where she was known as “Grandma.” Myrtle belonged to several different organizations in Alliance. People young and old always brought happiness to her.

Myrtle is survived by her sister, Marsha (Pete) Hardy-Madaris, brother, Frederic (Freddy) McGuire, both from Indianapolis, Indiana; and a sister, Marlene Griffin, of Bloomington, Indiana. She is also survived by a god-child, Lawrence Casados, from Denver, Colorado and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She is preceded in death by a brother, Freeman Jr., (Buddy) McGuire, grandparents (Florence and Hayes Chandler, Sr), and parents.

Funeral services will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Alliance, Nebraska on Thursday, October 4th, at 1:30 p.m. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 3 from 1-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions can be given to the donor’s organization of choice or sent in care of the family to 729 West 14th Street, Alliance, NE  69301.

Myrtle's picture at 45th reunion of AHS Class of 1961

In 2011, what was put in the 5th class reunion booklet about Myrtle:

My life after graduation began with me attending college in Indiana for some time while getting to know my father’s parents who lived in Indiana.  My degree was completed by courses taken at the expense of Social Services as I worked with Social Services in Alliance for 33 years as a case worker for elderly people and ADC case loads.  I became Director of Social Services in 1977, retiring in 2000..  After retirement, I worked as a case worker for the Alliance Drug and Alcohol facility for two years (an adults only program connected with AA).  I have since suffered a stroke and a heart attack.  I now volunteer as a grandparent at the Head Start program in Alliance ~ I have never made it to Hawaii yet ~ but I have traveled down Peachtree in Atlanta, seen Martin Luther King, Jr’s gravesite, and visited the Little Rock Nine school in Arkansas among other USA sites.