Gloria Elaine McClure Chandler, (Elaine Chandler) passed away of complications due to congestive heart failure at the Highland Meadows Health and Rehab Center in Rockwall, Texas, late in the evening of March 23, 2023.
Born in 1938 in Dallas, Texas to Guy and Claudia McClure, she graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas in 1956. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Frank Chandler, who she first met when Frank bought a used car from her father. They were married six years later on her 18th birthday at the Edgefield Church of Christ in Dallas.
Elaine worked as a secretary for the old Lone Star Gas company, and the Ferguson Road Church of Christ, eventually retiring from Bank of America in 2000.
Frank and Elaine were active members of the White Rock Church of Christ where Frank was a Deacon and an Elder, before retiring to Mineola, Texas in 2000, where they were active members of the Broad Street Church of Christ.
In 2021 she moved to Farmersville, Texas to live with her daughter Karen, where she delighted in the company of her great grandchildren and the family pets.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Guy and Claudia McClure, her husband Frank, and her sister Barbara Hall.
She will be lovingly remembered by her son Steve Chandler and wife Karen Alexander Chandler, daughter Karen Tucker and husband Billy Tucker, her grandchildren Jeff Chandler, Allie Tucker, Kristen Tucker Christensen and her husband Keith, along with their daughters Laynee and Logan.
In lieu of flowers the family is requesting that donations be made in her name to the American Heart Association.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., April 4th 2023 at the Broad Street Church of Christ, 440 W Broad Street Mineola Texas.