Editing Chester Commodore (section)

==Family==
Commodore was married three times.<ref name=ChiPubLib/> During the 1930s, he married Marie "Ruby" Bazel, with whom he had two sons; Chesterfield Commodore Jr. and Philip Joseph Commodore. He returned to Chicago in 1940, where he worked as a porter.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Black Comics p102" />

In 1955, Commodore married his third wife, Mattye Marcia Buchanan Hutchins Nails, and became stepfather to her daughter Lorin and son William Hutchins. Their marriage lasted until Mattye's death in 1990.<ref name=ChiPubLib>{{cite web |url=https://www.chipublib.org/fa-chester-commodore-papers/ |title=Chester Commodore Papers |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Chicago Public Library |access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopedia of Black Comics p102" />