Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Chase, Stella Mae (Arnold) 1995 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 16, 2015, 11:34 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 30 Jan 1995 Stella Mae Chase, 98, of Saranac, died Jan. 28, 1995, at Blodgett Memorial Medical Center, Grand Rapids. She was born in Easton Township, May 28, 1896, the daughter of Burt and Mary (Taylor) Arnold. She was a direct descendant of pioneer families who settled in Ionia County. She graduated from Saranac High School in 1914. She married Herman Chase in 1916 in Ionia. She was a past Noble Grand of the Rebekahs; a member of the Boston-Saranac Historical Society; and a 4-H Club Leader for many years. She is survived by two daughters: Phyllis Kurz, of Ohio; Mary (Dr. Norman ) Gatzemeyer, of Mason; one daughter-in-law, Jean Chase, of Saranac; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Herman, in 1979; one son, Robert A. Chase, on Jan. 8, 1995; and one brother, Martin Arnold. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. at the Easton United Methodist Church. The Rev. Peter VandeBrake will officiate. Burial will be in Easton Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lake Funeral Home, in Saranac. Memorials may be made to the Boston-Saranac Historical Society, or memorial of choice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/chase32144nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb