Obituary of Dennis Adell Chandler

Dennis Adell Chandler, age 65, of Zion went to be with his Lord on February 9th, 2015. Dennis was born in Bennington, Oklahoma on July 27, 1949, the youngest of 13 children having four brothers and eight sisters. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers—Jesse, Clay & Lee Roy, and five sisters—Edith, Mary, Kay, Verna & Linda. Survivor siblings include brother Charles of Green Bay, Wisconsin, sister Ann of DeSoto, Texas, sister Betty of Longview, Texas, and sister Barbara of Bennington, Oklahoma. Dennis graduated from Bennington High School in 1967, from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma, in 1975 with a bachelors degree in electronics technology, and from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1988 with a masters degree in religious education. In 1974, God called Dennis unto a lifetime of vocational ministry. In the following years, he served as pastor in two churches and one mission, served as minister of education in one church, and served in various volunteer positions in a host of churches. From the year 2000, he served for more than 10 years as president of Spiritual Dynamics, a small Christian ministry and Illinois non-profit corporation. Dennis was always a bi-vocational minister, that is, working at a job to provide his family with needed financial support in addition to what he received from the churches wherein he served. God used his technical degree to open doors of employment. From Zion, Dennis worked almost 6 years as an electrical design engineer for RPI in Racine, Wisconsin, then almost 3 years as maintenance supervisor for MeadWestvaco in Kenosha, Wisconsin, finally since 2010 as a technical product specialist for Grainger in Lake Forest, Illinois. Dennis is survived by his precious, much-loved wife Faith of the home in Zion, Illinois; by son Andrew Hjelmeseth of Paddock Lake, Wisconsin along with daughter-in-law Fran, granddaughter Serenidy, granddaughter Felicidy, granddaughter Cassidy along with John and great granddaughter Rosalynne of Antioch, Illinois; by daughter Patricia Chandler Dennany of Kalamazoo, Michigan; by daughter Angela Stone of Golden, Colorado along with son-in-law Andy, grandson Stephen, and granddaughter Violette; by daughter Rakel Fairfull of Sanford, Florida along with son-in-law John and granddaughter Annika; by son Eilert Hjelmeseth of Zion, Illinois along with daughter-in-law Arineh and granddaughter Natalie; his special little pal Rusty; and many additional family and friends. A funeral service will be held Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at CONGDON FUNERAL HOME, 3012 Sheridan Road, Zion, IL. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Gideons International have been suggested.