William ‘Bill’ Chambers

Services for William “Bill” Chambers, 82, Country Club Village, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel in St. Joseph. Burial will be at Savannah Cemetery in Savannah.
Mr. Chambers died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at his home in Country Club Village.
He was born Oct. 29, 1928, in St. Joseph, the son of Fred and Maude Chambers.
Mr. Chambers lived most of his life in Andrew County. He graduated from Savannah High School in 1946 and Northwest Missouri State University in 1950. Mr. Chambers was employed by ADM in Kansas City, Mo., for seven years and was with The Quaker Oats Company in St. Joseph, retiring in 1984 after 27 years of service. He was a member of the St. Paul United Methodist Church.
He married Wanda Wampler on Aug. 29, 1948, at the Savannah United Methodist Church. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a daughter, Sydney Dulgarian and husband Mark, Paola, Kan.; two sons, David and wife Linda, Spotsylvania, Va., and Stephen and wife Karen, Lawrence, Kan.; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, John and Bob; and two sisters-in-law, Mary and Betty.
Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The family suggests memorials to St. Paul United Methodist Church, 18681 Hwy. 59, St. Joseph, MO 64505.