Merlin Arthur "Mac" Chesney
Peninsula Clarion
Longtime Alaskan and Kasilof resident Merlin Arthur "Mac" Chesney, 72, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, surrounded by his family at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 11, at Soldotna Church of the Nazarene.
Burial was at Spruce Grove Memorial Park in Kasilof.
Pastor Bruce Hardesty officiated.
Mr. Chesney was born Feb. 26, 1938, in Luray, Kansas to Arthur F. and Elsie Earleen (Woodyard) Chesney. He graduated from Paradise High School in Paradise, Kansas. He then attended Kansas State University in Hays, Kansas. and Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Okla. He served in the U.S. Army from 1962 until his honorable discharge in 1965.
"Mac will be remembered as a brilliant man. He was an inventor, engineer, Civil War buff, avid gardener and voracious reader. He was a devoted husband, a dedicated father, and grandfather to seven of the smartest and most adorable children in the world. He was a friend who stood ready to help with his work gloves and his tractor.
Merlin was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Dean Chesney; and sister, Lily Chesney.
He is survived by his wife - Joyce Chesney of Kasilof;
Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel.
"I had received a phone call from Diana Robbins Blosser to tell me of Merlin's death.
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Merlin was a great worker there in the Church... He had a plan or could figure it out... I have heard Bob Robbins tell about how he could put things back together and make them work.
I know one time we had a '60 Comet and the manual transmission went out... he took it apart and laid it out on the floor of our apartment in Bethany... fixed whatever the problem was and put it back together and it ran great till we got rid of the car.
He was a great guy."
With our Mission at heart,
Will & Diana Haworth
Eastridge Church of the Nazarene
800 S. Woodlawn
Wichita, KS 67207)
Another story concerning Will Haworth/Chesney's/Elkhart . . . .
from Onnalee . .
While we were in Elkhart, I had a Community Interdenominational Youth Choir ("Gospel Express Youth Choir"). I had practices in the Church of the Nazarene and also gave piano, organ and vocal lessons there. I would use the printer at the church which was in the Pastor's Study. I was getting ready for a voice lesson and had ran down stairs to make a copy of some music for a student. I hurriedly went back up stairs for the student's lesson. When I was finished for the day, I went back to the Pastor's Study to get some music ready for Youth Choir and make sure I left everything in place. I walked in and Pastor Will Haworth was in there. I said Hi and asked him how he was and he said he was speechless. There on his desk was some music that had Dean Chesney's name on it. (Yes, that was what I had just made a copy from.) He was so shocked and said he couldn't figure out how that would get in his office. I could tell that he couldn't hardly talk, so I asked him why that was a puzzle and what the connection was. He then told me that he was Dean Chesney's brother's roommate at Bethany and that he just couldn't figure out what was going on. Well, the story . . . Dean was my student in Paradise and I had written his name on some of my music for a contest.
Then . . . Will told me about Arlin and him being roommates. He had several interesting stories, but needless to say they were very good friends and had a lot of experiences and fun. I guess the guys did their own cooking. When they bought their groceries they split the cost evenly. When they ate the food that they had cooked - duties evenly distributed - they would divide everything in half. So much in half - when they had peas, they counted each pea so they would make sure they got the same amount. Everything they did seemed to be such a game. They certainly shared in a lot of joy and made many memories and always enjoyed havin Merlin there from time to time.
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