Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Chase, David C.  1936
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Independent Enterprise, Payette, Idaho, December 3, 1936
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Dec. 3, 1936

PAYETTE PIONEER BURIED TUESDAY

David C. Chase, Prominently Identified With Early History Of Payette, Passes

Funeral services for David C. Chase, one of the oldest and best known citizens 
of Payette, were held at the family home on Tuesday afternoon with the Reverend 
Robert B. Echols of St. James' Episcopal church in charge. The casket, covered 
with floral offerings of great beauty and in great numbers, was surrounded by a 
guard of honor of the Knight Templars; the rooms of the lower floor of the 
large home were filled with friends and with a large delagation from the local 
Masonic lodge. There were also present officers of the Idaho Grand Lodge of 
which Mr. Chase had been a Grand Master.
A part of the ritual of the burial service of the Episcopal church was read by 
the officiating minister, after which the Masonic quartette sang, "Jesus, Lover 
of My Soul"; the service was concluded by a brief address in which tribute of 
affection from a great circle of friends and fellow citizens was offered to the 
devoted wife and children, Mary A. Chase, Danna Carl and Eva Fredricka.
At the interment in Riverside cemetery the impressive Masonic ritual was used 
and another hymn sung by the quartette. All present were deeply moved by this 
last tribute to one who held a unique place in the affections of his fellow 
Masons, and of the community at large. 
Funeral arrangements were under the supervision of J. L. Foster of the Peterson 
Undertaking Parlors. 
David C. Chase was born at Meadville, Pa., on April 26, 1853. He traced his 
descent to English ancestors, who were early settlers in Connecticut. Mr. Chase 
was married to Miss Mary A. Platt of Lynn, Indiana, on September one of the 
first forty acres of sagebrush land in the Payette valley, which was planted to 
orchard, thus establishing the fact that eventually this community was to be 
one of the leading fruit producing sections of the state of Idaho. In 1892 Mr. 
Chase resigned his position with the Union Pacific company and entered into the 
Payette Valley Mercantile company, in the building now occupied by Swanson's 
store. He retired in 1909 and devoted the greater portion of his time attending 
to property interests. Mr. Chase took a great interest in fraternal 
organizations, the Masonic lodge particularly and served in the capacity of 
Grand Master for the state of Idaho for a time. Deceased is survived by his 
widow, Mary A. Chase; a daughter, Mrs. J. H. Moor, of Lick Observatory, 
California; a son, D. Carl, of Payette and two grandchildren.
(note that the obit is transcribed as printed.)

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