Laconia---Kathryn Roller Chase, 97, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 3, 2012.
Kathryn was born June 12, 1914 in West Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Louis and Louise (Holle) Roller.
In 1937, she received her B.S. Degree in Biology from Douglass College (New Jersey College for Women) in New Brunswick, N.J. and in 1940, she received her M.S. Degree in Zoology at Rutgers University. From 1943-1945 she served as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy with the rank of Lt. J.G.
On Feb. 2, 1945, she married David Graeme Chase in Washington, D.C. She was a high school biology teacher, devoted homemaker, mother and wife. She had been a resident of the Taylor Community in Laconia, N.H. for the last twenty-one years. Before that, she resided in Sudbury, Mass. and Cape Cod, Mass. While living in Sudbury, Mass., she sang in the church choir, taught Sunday School and did volunteer work at the Boston Museum of Science. She had many interests including geology, opera, nature, religion and current events.
Kathryn was a member of The Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia and was their historian for many years.
Survivors include two daughters, Pamela Chase and her husband, Jonathan Pawlik, of Tumwater, Washington and Marilyn Hurley and her husband, Barry, of Eldred, Pennsylvania; two grandsons, Ethan Hurley of Rochester, New York and Colin Hurley and his wife, Bethany, of Erie, Pennsylvania; one great grandson, Nolin Chase Hurley; two brothers, Edward Roller and his wife, Audrey, of Gillette, New Jersey and Richard Roller and his wife, Harriet, of Chester, Vermont; a brother-in-law, Aquila Chase, and his wife, Marcia, of Newmarket, New Hampshire; a sister-in-law, Jacquie Chase, of Inverness, California and many precious nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, David, on Dec. 7, 2001, and by her sister, Evelyn Konrad.
A calling hour will be held on Friday, March 9, 2012 from 1:00-2:00PM at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Memorial Service will follow the calling hour at 2:00PM at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 172 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vermont.
In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia, 172 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.