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Donald C. Chandler, 1936-2022

|Bridgton News|

Donald Carlisle Chandler Jr. passed away during the night on June 15, 2022, in the care of Bay Square Memory Care at Yarmouth with end-stage Parkin-
son’s disease.

The son of Donald and Mary (Sweetser) Chandler of New Gloucester, Donnie was born March 13, 1936, in Portland Maine. He drove his first tractor at
the age of 12, when tractors were delivered via railroad. He graduated from New Gloucester High School in 1954, and joined The Oliver Stores in New Gloucester, a branch opened by his father; he worked for The Oliver Stores for a total of eight years, including briefly in Farmington and finally the North Fryeburg store. Keep reading