Verna Mae Chase, 81

Verna Mae Chase, 81, of Kalispell died at Heritage Place on Tuesday, March 3, 2007.

She was born April 21, 1925, at the family home in Todd County, Minn., to Ervin and Zoa Anderson.

She married Harris Chase on Nov. 23, 1941, at Union Corners Church near Hewitt, Minn.

During and after the years following World War II, she spent her time as a housewife. Verna was an avid homemaker. She loved to sew, cook, paint and crochet, along with many other activities, and was an exceptionally loving mother to her children.

Verna loved music. She spent many hours accompanying Harris' fiddle, and they enjoyed being active in the Montana State Old Time Fiddlers.

Verna was preceded in death by parents, Ervin and Zoa; her husband, Harris Chase; her brothers, Leslie, Morris, Archie, and Leo; and her daughters, Joanie Jean and Yvonne Acheson.

She is survived by her sisters, Zella Chase, Amelia Haller, and Marilyn Becker; brother, Ervin Anderson Jr.; sons, Michael Chase (wife, Neila), and Jeff Chase (wife, Lynn); daughters, Jeanne Everhart (husband, Doug), and Sylvia Stenzel (husband, Roger); grandchildren, Drew Acheson (wife, Julie), Renee Worthington (husband, Rich), Tracy Acheson, Pamela Clark (husband, Jim), Jason Acheson, Joe Stenzel (wife, Sara), and Kacie Touchstone; great-grandchildren, Jocelyn, Natasha, and Josette Acheson, Brandi Sweet, Connor and Gareth Clark, Kaylee and Elena Touchstone; and a great-great grandchild, Gabriel Sweet.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at the Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls. The Rev. David Merkel will officiate. Burial will be afterward at the Montana Veterans Home Cemetery in Columbia Falls.

There will be no viewing.