He lost his parents (Ray and Mayme Chase) early in life, so Lloyd and Evelyn Hill of Vermontville became his unofficial family. A kindness he never forgot.
Veteran of the US Army Air Force during World War II, stationed in several European countries, but primarily in England. He was a sheet metal worker with the 446th Bomber Group, Eighth Air Force Division. He especially enjoyed an opportunity to fly the "Big birds" whenever they were not in active service. Member of the Vermontville American Legion.
Mr. Chase returned home and went to work as a sheet metal fabricator at an Eaton Rapids factory, and later at the Owens Illinois glass plant, from where he retired 20 years ago.
He enjoyed the exotic pheasants and peafowl he raised and showed to anyone who visited his Maple Grove Bird Barn. He also loved to spend as much time as he could creating small wood working projects in his basement; bird houses were a particular specialty.
Passed away at age 82, early Saturday morning at Pennock Hospital from a fall he suffered earlier in the day at home.
Wife of 41 years:
Dora Chase (Deceased)
Sons:
David (Ginny) Chase
Danny (Ann) Chase
Dallas (Shirley) Chase
Donald (Barbara) Chase
Sisters:
Guest "Eddie" Traister
Leota Bradley
Funeral services by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI.
Veteran of the US Army Air Force during World War II, stationed in several European countries, but primarily in England. He was a sheet metal worker with the 446th Bomber Group, Eighth Air Force Division. He especially enjoyed an opportunity to fly the "Big birds" whenever they were not in active service. Member of the Vermontville American Legion.
Mr. Chase returned home and went to work as a sheet metal fabricator at an Eaton Rapids factory, and later at the Owens Illinois glass plant, from where he retired 20 years ago.
He enjoyed the exotic pheasants and peafowl he raised and showed to anyone who visited his Maple Grove Bird Barn. He also loved to spend as much time as he could creating small wood working projects in his basement; bird houses were a particular specialty.
Passed away at age 82, early Saturday morning at Pennock Hospital from a fall he suffered earlier in the day at home.
Wife of 41 years:
Dora Chase (Deceased)
Sons:
David (Ginny) Chase
Danny (Ann) Chase
Dallas (Shirley) Chase
Donald (Barbara) Chase
Sisters:
Guest "Eddie" Traister
Leota Bradley
Funeral services by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI.
He lost his parents (Ray and Mayme Chase) early in life, so Lloyd and Evelyn Hill of Vermontville became his unofficial family. A kindness he never forgot.
Veteran of the US Army Air Force during World War II, stationed in several European countries, but primarily in England. He was a sheet metal worker with the 446th Bomber Group, Eighth Air Force Division. He especially enjoyed an opportunity to fly the "Big birds" whenever they were not in active service. Member of the Vermontville American Legion.
Mr. Chase returned home and went to work as a sheet metal fabricator at an Eaton Rapids factory, and later at the Owens Illinois glass plant, from where he retired 20 years ago.
He enjoyed the exotic pheasants and peafowl he raised and showed to anyone who visited his Maple Grove Bird Barn. He also loved to spend as much time as he could creating small wood working projects in his basement; bird houses were a particular specialty.
Passed away at age 82, early Saturday morning at Pennock Hospital from a fall he suffered earlier in the day at home.
Wife of 41 years:
Dora Chase (Deceased)
Sons:
David (Ginny) Chase
Danny (Ann) Chase
Dallas (Shirley) Chase
Donald (Barbara) Chase
Sisters:
Guest "Eddie" Traister
Leota Bradley
Funeral services by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI.
Veteran of the US Army Air Force during World War II, stationed in several European countries, but primarily in England. He was a sheet metal worker with the 446th Bomber Group, Eighth Air Force Division. He especially enjoyed an opportunity to fly the "Big birds" whenever they were not in active service. Member of the Vermontville American Legion.
Mr. Chase returned home and went to work as a sheet metal fabricator at an Eaton Rapids factory, and later at the Owens Illinois glass plant, from where he retired 20 years ago.
He enjoyed the exotic pheasants and peafowl he raised and showed to anyone who visited his Maple Grove Bird Barn. He also loved to spend as much time as he could creating small wood working projects in his basement; bird houses were a particular specialty.
Passed away at age 82, early Saturday morning at Pennock Hospital from a fall he suffered earlier in the day at home.
Wife of 41 years:
Dora Chase (Deceased)
Sons:
David (Ginny) Chase
Danny (Ann) Chase
Dallas (Shirley) Chase
Donald (Barbara) Chase
Sisters:
Guest "Eddie" Traister
Leota Bradley
Funeral services by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI.
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