Chase married Emily Nichols of Yorktown, on November 26, 2011 at Langley Air Force Base Virginia and departed the following day for his first duty assignment with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Germany. Upon completion of student teaching in December 2011 Emily followed Chase to Germany, and they made their home in Bamberg, Germany. In February 2012, Chase graduated from Pathfinder School while in Bamberg, Germany.
Chase is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Joe and Helen Cash and his paternal grandfather Stephen Prasnicki. He is survived by his wife, Emily; his father, David Prasnicki, his mother, Debbie and her husband, Phillip Arthur; his sister, Lauren; his brother, Tyler; his paternal grandmother, Janice and her husband, Harry Wilson; his in-laws, Stuart and Meg Nichols; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be held at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Lexington at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Chase will be laid to rest at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista. Immediately following, there will be a Celebration of Chase's Life at Marshall Hall, Virginia Military Institute. Friends and family are welcome. In lieu of flowers donations can be sent to: USO Families of the Fallen, 116 Purple Heart Drive, Dover AFB, DE 19902. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington.
Published in Roanoke Times on July 8, 2012 Rockbridge County High School football standout Stephen Chase Prasnicki was killed Wednesday June 27, 2012, by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan, his former coach said.
The family of 1LT Stephen Prasnicki has graciously asked the Patriot Guard Riders to stand in honor of this Young American Hero. Stephen died June 27, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. 1LT Prasnicki was assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, out of Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
Stephen was a highly recruited high school athlete and played football at West Point, serving as a backup quarterback and playing at free safety as a senior.
Chase married Emily Nichols of Yorktown, on November 26, 2011 at Langley Air Force Base Virginia and departed the following day for his first duty assignment with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Germany. Upon completion of student teaching in December 2011 Emily followed Chase to Germany, and they made their home in Bamberg, Germany. In February 2012, Chase graduated from Pathfinder School while in Bamberg, Germany.
Chase is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Joe and Helen Cash and his paternal grandfather Stephen Prasnicki. He is survived by his wife, Emily; his father, David Prasnicki, his mother, Debbie and her husband, Phillip Arthur; his sister, Lauren; his brother, Tyler; his paternal grandmother, Janice and her husband, Harry Wilson; his in-laws, Stuart and Meg Nichols; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be held at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Lexington at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Chase will be laid to rest at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista. Immediately following, there will be a Celebration of Chase's Life at Marshall Hall, Virginia Military Institute. Friends and family are welcome. In lieu of flowers donations can be sent to: USO Families of the Fallen, 116 Purple Heart Drive, Dover AFB, DE 19902. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington.
Published in Roanoke Times on July 8, 2012 Rockbridge County High School football standout Stephen Chase Prasnicki was killed Wednesday June 27, 2012, by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan, his former coach said.
The family of 1LT Stephen Prasnicki has graciously asked the Patriot Guard Riders to stand in honor of this Young American Hero. Stephen died June 27, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. 1LT Prasnicki was assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, out of Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
Stephen was a highly recruited high school athlete and played football at West Point, serving as a backup quarterback and playing at free safety as a senior.