Paula C. Chandler

Paula Carol (Estes) Chandler, daughter of the late John Paul and Beulah Agnes (Bayes) Estes, was born January 17, 1937 in Mesa, Arizona, and departed this life February 7, 2017 in Springfield, Missouri. She recently celebrated her 80th birthday.


Paula grew up and attended school through the eighth grade in Mesa, Arizona. She was united in marriage to Lynn Joe Chandler when she was sixteen years old, and four children were born to this union: Michael, Steven, Deena, and Jeffrey.


Paula loved to sew and make crafts. She could make beautiful porcelain dolls and she sewed all of the clothes for them also. She loved to do family history. She had searched back many generations even before the internet was available to use for convenience.


Paula learned to play the violin as an adult and she played in a band with her husband, Joe, her sister, Francille, her brother-in-law, Mark, and her sister-in-law, Shirley. They named their band the Down Home Folks and they played bluegrass music all over Mountain Grove and the surrounding areas. They greatly enjoyed this opportunity and their time in the band.


She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and she has served in many capacities in the church throughout the years. She had a servants heart, and was always ready and willing to serve others.


Paula loved her family and loved to spend time with them. She had a beautiful smile and an infectious laugh. She even had the ability to laugh at herself. She was loved by many and she will be missed by many.


Besides her parents, Paula was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Chandler, three brothers, Elmer Alton Estes, Larry Dennis Estes, and Freddy Lee Estes.


She is survived by three sons, Mike Chandler of Springfield, Missouri, Steve Chandler of Mansfield, Missouri, and Jeff Chandler of the Republic of Cyprus, one daughter, Deena Holee and her husband, Doug, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, nine grandchildren, Jesse Chandler and his wife, Kat, Vicki Torrence, Sarah Chandler, Steven Bud Chandler, Jessica Schwab and her husband, Brent, Jake Holee and his wife, Maria, Rebecca McCarney and her husband, Luke, Alyssa Jensen and her husband, Lynn, and Hannah Furr and her husband, Aaron, eighteen great-grandchildren, one brother, Pat ONeal Estes and his wife, Helen of Hayden Lake, Idaho, two sisters, Francille Hunsaker and her husband, Mark, of Moses Lake, Washington, and Brenda Gardom and her husband, Ronald, of Rathdrum, Idaho, and numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family who will miss her greatly.


Visitation: Monday, February 13, 2017 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM at the funeral home.

Funeral Service: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 3:00 PM at the funeral home.

Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove