The Rev. Chandler Jackson II, 79, retired priest of the Diocese of Oregon, died March 30.

Fr. Jackson was a native of Kansas City, MO. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, University of Southern California and Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was ordained deacon in 1956 and priest in 1957. Fr. Jackson served as vicar of St. John the Divine, Costa Mesa, CA, 1956-59; chaplain of the University of California and curate at All Saints', Riverside, CA, 1959-61; rector of St. John's, Hermiston, OR, 1961-70; vicar of St. Martin's, Shady Cove, OR, and Good Shepherd, Prospect, OR, 1970-76; vicar of St. John's, Bandon, and St. Christopher's, Orford, OR, 1976-82.