Section: 4th Addition Lot: 52 Grave: 2

Obituary

     Albert J. Chanda Sr., 90, of East Jordan, died Feb. 14, 1986, at Grandvue Medical Care Facility, East Jordan.

     Funeral was today at the Oak Chapel of the Vanderwall Funeral Home, East Jordan.  The Rev.James Duncan of the East Jordan Missionary Church officiated and burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery, East Jordan.

     Mr. Chanda was born April 18, 1895, in Echo Township, Antrim County.  He married the former Harriet L. Chaddock on Jan. 28, 1930, in East Jordan.  The couple resided on a farm on Peninsula Road which Mr. Chanda farmed until 1968.

     He had been employed by the Antrim County Road Commission and the Porter Cherry Farm, now the Sherman Cherry Farm.

     Mr. Chanda was a member of the East Jordan F.&A.M. Lodge.  His wife preceded him in death on May 31,1984.

     Survivors include: three daughters, Mrs. Jack (Jennie) Valencourt of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Kenneth (Marjorie) Timmer of Muskegon, and Mrs. Steven (Linda) .Poole of East Jordan; four sons, Jerome of Milan, Lawrence D., Albert G. and Richard J., all of East Jordan; 19 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.

     The family suggests memorials to the East Jordan Fire Department.