Author Roy Freeman (Rocky) Chandler, 90, passed away on December 24, 2015 at the Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway, Maryland. Rocky was born on December 17, 1925 in Brockton, Massachusetts to Ruth Covert Chandler and Erville Freeman Chandler. He attended Carson Long Military Academy in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania for his high school years. Rocky served in World War II and the Korean War during his 20-year career in the United States Army. An avid hunter, his two favorite duty stations were Germany and Alaska. In 1965, Rocky retired as a Master Sergeant and moved to Perry County, Pennsylvania and taught at Carson Long Military Academy and then at Newport High School. He finished his teaching career in Fairbanks, Alaska where he was principal of Birch School. Rocky was an adventurous man’s man, owning and flying four airplanes, hunting big game, boxing (he was 1949 Middleweight Champion of the Army in Europe), and sailing monohulls and catamarans. He hand-built three boats and three homes. Although he started around the world in 1972 in a 43-foot motor sailer, the boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Key, Florida during the approach of Hurricane Agnes. Rocky settled in Nokomis, […]
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