Maurice Shannon "Mose" Chandley, 63, died Sept. 28, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson.

He was born Feb. 8, 1947, in Kansas City, Kan., to Stuart Lynn and Florence Marie Bauer Chandley.

Maurice graduated from Bonner Springs High School in 1965 and attended Emporia State University. He was a board director at Alden State Bank in Sterling.

Maurice received a heart transplant on Nov. 10, 1997. After that he devoted his life to volunteering. He gave tours at Dillon Nature Center and the Kansas Cosmosphere. He donated time to Midwest Transplant Network. He was a vestry member at Grace Episcopal Church in Hutchinson.

On Aug. 12, 1967, he married Suzanne Marie King Chandley in Ulysses. She survives.

Other survivors include: two daughters, Shannon Hendricks and husband Tim, Sterling and Marisa Honomichl and husband Gary, McPherson; brother, Mark Chandley and wife Martha, Basehor, Kan.; sister, Susan Kelley and husband Ronald, Columbia, Mo.; 7 grandchildren, Cassie and Andrew Morales, Michael and Seth Hendricks, Ian, Kalin, and Phillip Honomichl; 3 great-grandchildren, Dre and Mikayla Honomichl and Landon McClintock; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Linda Feleay and brother, Michael Chandley.

Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, at Grace Episcopal Church with the Reverend Michael P. Milliken presiding. Cremation has taken place. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Elliott Chapel.

Memorials may be made to Dillon Nature Center of Grace Episcopal Church, in care of the mortuary.

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