Walter Chase

Dr. Walter E. Chase, 94, a resident of Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Saturday evening, November 17, 2001, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital.The son of William Harrison and Edna Mae (Pingrey) Chase, Dr. Chase was born July 7, 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned undergraduate and M.D. degrees form Washington University in St. Louis. He interned at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa where he met his first wife Elsie Pearl Henry. They were united in marriage on July 1, 1933 in Winterset, Iowa. Dr. Chase was engaged in private practice of medicine in Rippey, Iowa for thirty-three years with Elsie as his nurse. He left Rippey in 1966 to become a physician at the student health service at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls serving as Director for two years. Dr. Chase retired July 1, 1973 and moved to Sun City, Arizona where he lived until 1998. Elsie passed away in 1986 and in 1989 he married Helen Patrick. She died in 1997. He moved to Atlantic in 1998 and became a resident of Heritage House. Dr. Chase was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Atlantic. He had been a member of the Lions Club and the Masonic Lodge and had served in several professional organizations when he was a practicing physician. He enjoyed music, reading and following the stock market.Surviving are one daughter Dolores Jeanne Ramirez and husband Gene of Des Moines, Iowa; two sons, James Paul Chase of Sunnyvale, California and David Warren Chase and wife Barbara of Atlantic, Iowa; six grandchildren, Anthony (Tony) Ramirez of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, Mary Kathleen (Kathy) O'Hara and husband Michael of Tucson, Arizona, Dianne Ramirez, Steven Ramirez, Julie Luncsford, all of Des Moines and Denise Maifield and husband Matthew of Round Lake, Illinois; eight great-grandchildren, Anthony Cross of Des Moines, Heather O'Hara of Tucson, Maria Cross of Des Moines, Justin O'Hara of Tucson, Joshua Williams of Des Moines, Sean Luncsford of Des Moines, Ashlyn and Chase Maifield, both of Round Lake; one stepdaughter Carol Deiso and husband James of Owings, Maryland; one stepson Thomas Patrick and wife Mary Jo of Phoenix, Arizona.He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Helen Chase and Dorothy Lynas; one brother Clarence Chase; his first wife Elsie and his second wife Helen.Funeral InformationServices for Walter will be held on Wednesday, November 21, 2001, at 10:30 AM at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic with Rev. Tompsie Smith officiating. Interment of the cremated remains will be held at a later date at the Rippey Cemetery northwest of Perry, Iowa.