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Obituary- Chase, Velta

Chase

Mrs. Velta Chase, 83, Topeka, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, Topeka.

Mrs. Chase was born Jan. 11, 1912, on a farm north of Silver Lake, the daughter of Ollie and Ellen Day Bailey.

She had lived at Meriden for many years, moving to Silver Lake, and then to Topeka in 1967. Velta was married to Frank Chase on July 1, 1933. She attended Vinewood Dance Club for over 40 years, was a cook and housekeeper at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Holiday Inn South, McCrite Nursing Home and The Manor. She has also worked at Seymore Packing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Chase, Jan. 12, 1992 and a son, Frank Chase, Jr., on Jan. 13, 1933.

Survivors include five daughters, Shirley Velta DeLong, Claremore, Okla., Maxine Joyce Priscilla, New Castle, Pa., Rita Mae Gillmore, Marion, Ark., Beverly Kay Miller, Tecumseh; three brothers, Raymond Bailey, Silver Lake, Ollie Bailey, Jr., Topeka, Glen Bailey, Salina; two sisters, Iva Thompson, Tulsa, Okla., Lula Chiddix, Topeka; 14 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Chase will lie in state after noon, Thursday, Jan. 4, at Parker-Price Mortuary where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Services will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 5, at Parker-Price Mortuary, Topeka. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka.

Memorial contributions may be made to Velta Chase Memorial Fund, c/o Sandra Jean Miller, 230 S.E. Arapaho Road, Tecumseh, 66542. Parker-Price Mortuary, Topeka is in charge of arrangements.



Velta Chase

Velta Chase, 83, Topeka, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996 at a Topeka hospital.

Mrs. Chase had been a cook and a housekeeper at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Holiday Inn South, McCrite Nursing Home and the Manor. She also had worked at Seymore Packing.

She was born Jan. 11, 1912, on a farm north of Silver Lake and east of Delia, the daughter of Ollie and Ellen Day Bailey. She had lived many years at Meriden and at Silver Lake before she moved to Topeka in 1967.

She married Frank Chase on July 1,1932. He died Jan. 12, 1992. A son, Frank Chase, Jr. died Jan. 13 1933.

Survivors include five daughters, Shirley Velta DeLong, Claremore, Okla., Maxine Joyce Priscilla, New Castle, Pa., Rita Mae Gillmore, Marion, Ark., Beverly Kay Miller, Topeka, and Sandra J. Miller, Tecumseh; three brothers, Raymond Bailey, Silver Lake, Ollie Bailey Jr., Topeka, and Glen Bailey, Salina; two sisters, Iva Thompson Tulsa, Okla., and Lula Chiddix, Topeka; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Parker-Price Mortuary. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Chase will lie in state after noon today at the mortuary where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Velta Chase Memorial Fund and sent in care of Sandra Jean Miller, 230 S.E. Arapaho Road, Tecumseh 66542.