G.L. CHANDLER JR

G.L. CHANDLER JR of Ellettsville, IN died September 20, 2026 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director for 63 years, he began his career at Conkle Funeral Home as a funeral intern and ambulance driver before joining Kellogg Funeral Home in Monon. He served two terms as White County coroner and later worked at Whitaker Funeral Home in Greencastle and Gosport. In 1976, he built his own funeral home in Ellettsville, where he served the community for more than 50 years. He purchased Whitaker Funeral Home in Gosport in 1986 and later returned to Greencastle to open Chandler-Hays Funeral Home. A 1963 graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in Indianapolis, he received a 60-year pin from the Indiana Funeral Directors Association.