Don Philip Shandy, the son of Phil Elmo and Marie Elizabeth (Vanderslice) Shandy was born June 25, 1930 in Phelps City, Missouri. He graduated from Rock Port High School in 1947. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army and during his basic training in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia he learned the craft of Lithography. After basic training he was sent to Eta Jima, Japan where he gained his love for snow skiing, sushi and Sapporo beer. He served in the Korean War and at one point produced and delivered strategic maps to General Douglas MacArthur for the Inchon Invasion. Later during his service he was stationed in North Carolina during the Berlin Missile Crisis. Don completed his 40 year military career at the Presidio in San Francisco as a Chief Warrant Officer.

Don married Eileen O’Leary in San Francisco where he lived until 1958, they then moved to their first newly built home in San Bruno. Don and Eileen were married for 52 years.

Don loved California and enjoyed all it had to offer; the snow skiing at Mt. Shasta, skidooing in Mi-Wuk and skin diving along the California Coast. He enjoyed waterskiing at the nearby Lake Berryesa and fishing in the San Francisco Bay. He held onto his childhood love for hunting and beagles. He loved to walk the beautiful mountains surrounding Yosemite and Kennedy meadows. He taught all of his kids and grandkids how to ride motorcycles, which he loved to ride all along the Santa Cruz Mountains and coast sides with friends and family.

With help from his brothers, J.W. & Walter, nephews, Bill, Wayne and Jimmie and close dear friends, he built “Shandy’s Shanty” A.K.A. “Papa’s Mountain House”. This memory filled cabin in Mi-Wuk Village is located in the Sierra Nevadas and is the surrounds for many a wild adventure and Shandy Reunions. His infamous camouflaged International Travelall 4 wheel drive also retired at the Mountain House.

Don was fortunate enough to retire at 50 from lithography, the trade he learned from the Army. He owned his own Shop “Negatorium” for 10 years in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Following retirement he spent time making “Papa’s special beef jerky” for the grandkids, enjoying the cabin and watching hours of baseball, softball and dance shows of his first set of grandkids, Shawna and Scott. He continued his enthusiasm for wood working and home improvement by purchasing and repairing several houses in northern and southern California. He loved playing pool with his sons and enjoyed trips to the park with his youngest granddaughter Ava and the happy contagious smiles of his newest grandson. Don passed away Monday, September 11, 2006 at Mills Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame, California, at the age of 76 years.

Don “Chief” is survived by the Irish eyes of his life “O’Leary”, as he endearingly referred to her; one daughter, Donna Healy; two sons, Gordon Shandy and Kevin Shandy; four grandkids, Shawna Healy, Scott Healy, Ava Shandy and Ryan Shandy; son-in-law Brad Healy, daughter-in-law Anne Shandy; one brother, Walter (Trick) Shandy; and two sisters, Naomi Maheu and Joyce Asher; several nieces and nephew.

Besides his parents, Don was preceded in death by three brothers; Calvin, J.W, and Gordon, two nephews; Wesley Shandy and Phil Maheu, and sister-in-law Georgie.

Services were held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at the Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port, Missouri, with interment at Millsap Cemetery, Rock Port. Memorials may be directed to the “Make a Wish Foundation”. Military rites were held under the direction of the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Military Funeral Honors Detail.