Christopher Emmet Chandler died in Concord, Vt., on Dec. 9, 2017, of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. The disease strikes one in a million each year. Christopher was 58.
Christopher was born on Feb. 8, 1959, in New York City, along with his twin sister. Eight weeks premature, Christopher clocked in at about two pounds, spending his first couple of months in an incubator. But as was always his way, he overcame the obstacles in his path and grew strong, tall, and healthy, eventually towering over almost every other member of his family.
Growing up in Lyndon Center, Vt., Christopher was surrounded by friends, and was known for giving his all to both work and play. He played trumpet, was on the Lyndon Institute basketball team, and also was an avid chess player. Christopher was social and outgoing, truly a team player on every level. He studied English at the University of Vermont, graduating with departmental honors in 1981, and then went on to a long and fruitful financial career, first in Boston, then San Francisco, then New York City, and finally in southern California, where he spent nearly two decades at Charles Schwab, first as a manager of the San Diego branch and later as Vice President, Financial Consultant of the La Jolla branch. Christopher was dedicated to his clients, approaching his work with the utmost attention and integrity. He leaves behind a roster of clients dedicated to him in return, many of whom also count him as a personal friend.
It was during the decade he spent in San Francisco that Christopher met his wife, Mireya Schmidt, while dancing. The pair fell in love quickly and deeply, becoming engaged after four weeks of courtship, and were married on Lake Willoughby in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom on Aug. 21, 1993. Their two children were born in rapid succession, and Christopher happily settled into fatherhood and family life. In fact, Christopher had always been strongly family-oriented, choosing to spend vacations with close-knit extended family and returning to his childhood home in the Northeast Kingdom to spend precious summer weeks with his dearest friends, siblings, and numerous cousins. The Northeast Kingdom was Christopher’s happiest place, and when he was diagnosed with CJD, he immediately returned there to stay.
Anyone who knew him, from acquaintances to his closest friends, would describe Christopher as a man marked by loyalty and honesty. He was a deeply loving man who was deeply loved in return, and the throng of family and friends who flew to be by his side after his diagnosis last spring are a testament to that. As his health deteriorated, his personality distilled to its sweet, loving essence. Even in the final weeks of his life, he was able to recite the scout’s law — a creed he learned as a young boy — in its entirety: “A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” With the possible exception of the last (one could only call his sense of humor “irreverent”), Christopher was all of these things to the very end.
Christopher was predeceased by his parents, Elizabeth Stackelberg Shulman (2015) and Gail Ellsworth Chandler, and his father-in-law, Donald Schmidt. He is survived by his devoted wife and partner, Mireya Schmidt, his son and his daughter; his twin, and his three half-siblings; his loving stepparents Gail Waldron Chandler, Alvin Shulman, and Gloria Young (who referred to him as her “number-one son”); his mother-in-law, Mireya Moreno Saavedra Schmidt.
Christopher Chandler loved his friends and family with his whole heart. They loved him right back every bit as much, and then some.
A portion of his ashes interred in the Lyndon Center cemetery.
Caledonian Record, Dec 12, 2017
Christopher was born on Feb. 8, 1959, in New York City, along with his twin sister. Eight weeks premature, Christopher clocked in at about two pounds, spending his first couple of months in an incubator. But as was always his way, he overcame the obstacles in his path and grew strong, tall, and healthy, eventually towering over almost every other member of his family.
Growing up in Lyndon Center, Vt., Christopher was surrounded by friends, and was known for giving his all to both work and play. He played trumpet, was on the Lyndon Institute basketball team, and also was an avid chess player. Christopher was social and outgoing, truly a team player on every level. He studied English at the University of Vermont, graduating with departmental honors in 1981, and then went on to a long and fruitful financial career, first in Boston, then San Francisco, then New York City, and finally in southern California, where he spent nearly two decades at Charles Schwab, first as a manager of the San Diego branch and later as Vice President, Financial Consultant of the La Jolla branch. Christopher was dedicated to his clients, approaching his work with the utmost attention and integrity. He leaves behind a roster of clients dedicated to him in return, many of whom also count him as a personal friend.
It was during the decade he spent in San Francisco that Christopher met his wife, Mireya Schmidt, while dancing. The pair fell in love quickly and deeply, becoming engaged after four weeks of courtship, and were married on Lake Willoughby in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom on Aug. 21, 1993. Their two children were born in rapid succession, and Christopher happily settled into fatherhood and family life. In fact, Christopher had always been strongly family-oriented, choosing to spend vacations with close-knit extended family and returning to his childhood home in the Northeast Kingdom to spend precious summer weeks with his dearest friends, siblings, and numerous cousins. The Northeast Kingdom was Christopher’s happiest place, and when he was diagnosed with CJD, he immediately returned there to stay.
Anyone who knew him, from acquaintances to his closest friends, would describe Christopher as a man marked by loyalty and honesty. He was a deeply loving man who was deeply loved in return, and the throng of family and friends who flew to be by his side after his diagnosis last spring are a testament to that. As his health deteriorated, his personality distilled to its sweet, loving essence. Even in the final weeks of his life, he was able to recite the scout’s law — a creed he learned as a young boy — in its entirety: “A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” With the possible exception of the last (one could only call his sense of humor “irreverent”), Christopher was all of these things to the very end.
Christopher was predeceased by his parents, Elizabeth Stackelberg Shulman (2015) and Gail Ellsworth Chandler, and his father-in-law, Donald Schmidt. He is survived by his devoted wife and partner, Mireya Schmidt, his son and his daughter; his twin, and his three half-siblings; his loving stepparents Gail Waldron Chandler, Alvin Shulman, and Gloria Young (who referred to him as her “number-one son”); his mother-in-law, Mireya Moreno Saavedra Schmidt.
Christopher Chandler loved his friends and family with his whole heart. They loved him right back every bit as much, and then some.
A portion of his ashes interred in the Lyndon Center cemetery.
Caledonian Record, Dec 12, 2017
Christopher Emmet Chandler died in Concord, Vt., on Dec. 9, 2017, of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. The disease strikes one in a million each year. Christopher was 58.
Christopher was born on Feb. 8, 1959, in New York City, along with his twin sister. Eight weeks premature, Christopher clocked in at about two pounds, spending his first couple of months in an incubator. But as was always his way, he overcame the obstacles in his path and grew strong, tall, and healthy, eventually towering over almost every other member of his family.
Growing up in Lyndon Center, Vt., Christopher was surrounded by friends, and was known for giving his all to both work and play. He played trumpet, was on the Lyndon Institute basketball team, and also was an avid chess player. Christopher was social and outgoing, truly a team player on every level. He studied English at the University of Vermont, graduating with departmental honors in 1981, and then went on to a long and fruitful financial career, first in Boston, then San Francisco, then New York City, and finally in southern California, where he spent nearly two decades at Charles Schwab, first as a manager of the San Diego branch and later as Vice President, Financial Consultant of the La Jolla branch. Christopher was dedicated to his clients, approaching his work with the utmost attention and integrity. He leaves behind a roster of clients dedicated to him in return, many of whom also count him as a personal friend.
It was during the decade he spent in San Francisco that Christopher met his wife, Mireya Schmidt, while dancing. The pair fell in love quickly and deeply, becoming engaged after four weeks of courtship, and were married on Lake Willoughby in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom on Aug. 21, 1993. Their two children were born in rapid succession, and Christopher happily settled into fatherhood and family life. In fact, Christopher had always been strongly family-oriented, choosing to spend vacations with close-knit extended family and returning to his childhood home in the Northeast Kingdom to spend precious summer weeks with his dearest friends, siblings, and numerous cousins. The Northeast Kingdom was Christopher’s happiest place, and when he was diagnosed with CJD, he immediately returned there to stay.
Anyone who knew him, from acquaintances to his closest friends, would describe Christopher as a man marked by loyalty and honesty. He was a deeply loving man who was deeply loved in return, and the throng of family and friends who flew to be by his side after his diagnosis last spring are a testament to that. As his health deteriorated, his personality distilled to its sweet, loving essence. Even in the final weeks of his life, he was able to recite the scout’s law — a creed he learned as a young boy — in its entirety: “A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” With the possible exception of the last (one could only call his sense of humor “irreverent”), Christopher was all of these things to the very end.
Christopher was predeceased by his parents, Elizabeth Stackelberg Shulman (2015) and Gail Ellsworth Chandler, and his father-in-law, Donald Schmidt. He is survived by his devoted wife and partner, Mireya Schmidt, his son and his daughter; his twin, and his three half-siblings; his loving stepparents Gail Waldron Chandler, Alvin Shulman, and Gloria Young (who referred to him as her “number-one son”); his mother-in-law, Mireya Moreno Saavedra Schmidt.
Christopher Chandler loved his friends and family with his whole heart. They loved him right back every bit as much, and then some.
A portion of his ashes interred in the Lyndon Center cemetery.
Caledonian Record, Dec 12, 2017
Christopher was born on Feb. 8, 1959, in New York City, along with his twin sister. Eight weeks premature, Christopher clocked in at about two pounds, spending his first couple of months in an incubator. But as was always his way, he overcame the obstacles in his path and grew strong, tall, and healthy, eventually towering over almost every other member of his family.
Growing up in Lyndon Center, Vt., Christopher was surrounded by friends, and was known for giving his all to both work and play. He played trumpet, was on the Lyndon Institute basketball team, and also was an avid chess player. Christopher was social and outgoing, truly a team player on every level. He studied English at the University of Vermont, graduating with departmental honors in 1981, and then went on to a long and fruitful financial career, first in Boston, then San Francisco, then New York City, and finally in southern California, where he spent nearly two decades at Charles Schwab, first as a manager of the San Diego branch and later as Vice President, Financial Consultant of the La Jolla branch. Christopher was dedicated to his clients, approaching his work with the utmost attention and integrity. He leaves behind a roster of clients dedicated to him in return, many of whom also count him as a personal friend.
It was during the decade he spent in San Francisco that Christopher met his wife, Mireya Schmidt, while dancing. The pair fell in love quickly and deeply, becoming engaged after four weeks of courtship, and were married on Lake Willoughby in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom on Aug. 21, 1993. Their two children were born in rapid succession, and Christopher happily settled into fatherhood and family life. In fact, Christopher had always been strongly family-oriented, choosing to spend vacations with close-knit extended family and returning to his childhood home in the Northeast Kingdom to spend precious summer weeks with his dearest friends, siblings, and numerous cousins. The Northeast Kingdom was Christopher’s happiest place, and when he was diagnosed with CJD, he immediately returned there to stay.
Anyone who knew him, from acquaintances to his closest friends, would describe Christopher as a man marked by loyalty and honesty. He was a deeply loving man who was deeply loved in return, and the throng of family and friends who flew to be by his side after his diagnosis last spring are a testament to that. As his health deteriorated, his personality distilled to its sweet, loving essence. Even in the final weeks of his life, he was able to recite the scout’s law — a creed he learned as a young boy — in its entirety: “A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” With the possible exception of the last (one could only call his sense of humor “irreverent”), Christopher was all of these things to the very end.
Christopher was predeceased by his parents, Elizabeth Stackelberg Shulman (2015) and Gail Ellsworth Chandler, and his father-in-law, Donald Schmidt. He is survived by his devoted wife and partner, Mireya Schmidt, his son and his daughter; his twin, and his three half-siblings; his loving stepparents Gail Waldron Chandler, Alvin Shulman, and Gloria Young (who referred to him as her “number-one son”); his mother-in-law, Mireya Moreno Saavedra Schmidt.
Christopher Chandler loved his friends and family with his whole heart. They loved him right back every bit as much, and then some.
A portion of his ashes interred in the Lyndon Center cemetery.
Caledonian Record, Dec 12, 2017
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