James Edward Chandler, 33° PIP
(Mar 2, 1867-Aug 26, 1941)
Member, Kansas City Lodge #220

1906 - 32° Consistory of Western Missouri, Kansas City
1923 - Knight Commander, Court of Honour
1929 - Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary

1911 - Potentate, Ararat Shrine Temple
1924-25 - Imperial Potentate, Shriners of North America

Occupation: President for Meriden Creamery Company.
Member: Kansas City Club.
Interred: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

Brother Chandler was a president of the Meriden Creamery Company following his father who also served as president. His devotion to Masonry earned him the honor of becoming Imperial Potentate for the Shriners of North America for which he was honored by a reception at the Muehlbach Hotel in 1924. In 1929, Illustrious Brother Chandler was coroneted a 33° Inspector General Honorary, the final degree of the Scottish Rite.

He was survived by his wife, Lura Chandler, two daughters and seven grandchildren.

Historic note: The three-story, 22,000-square-foot brick Creamery Building at 2100 Central Street in Kansas City, Missouri's Freighthouse District was completed in 1911. For much of its history, it housed the Meriden Creamery Company, Kansas City's only successful manufacturer of creamed butter.