GERTRUDE K. "TRUDY" (ROWELL) CHASE, age 82, of Cohasset, died on Wednesday, Nov. 10th at the New England Medical Center in Boston. Trudy was born in Brockton, lived in Abington and Newton and made her home in Cohasset for the past 50 years. She was a graduate of Newton High School, and a 1944 graduate of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing.
From 1944-46 Trudy served in the Army Nurse Corps. On active duty in the European and South Pacific Campaigns during World War II, she was awarded several service medals including 2 Bronze Stars, a WW II Victory Medal, 2 Campaign Medals, a Meritorious Service Award, and an Overseas Service Bar. After the war, Trudy was a nurse at the Army Hospital in Giessen, Germany, where she met her husband, the late Raymond M. Chase.
Trudy worked at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, and for many years was the school nurse at the Jacobs Elementary School in Hull. An avid sports fan, Trudy enjoyed rooting for all the Boston teams, especially this year's World Champion Red Sox. She never missed the Cohasset little league, youth basketball, dance recitals, or any of the activities of her grandchildren.
Trudy loved travel, nature, her church, being with family and friends, and of course bingo. She will be missed by many dear friends of all ages.
Wife of the late Raymond M. Chase, she leaves her two daughters, Holly C. Chanatry and her husband David of Cazenovia, NY and Heidi C. Salerno and her husband Matthew of Cohasset. Grandmother of Hannah, Claire and Betsy Chanatry of Cazenovia, NY, and Carly and Jay Salerno of Cohasset. She was the sister of Verna Hurd of New Hampshire and Texas, Dolly Kahlstrom of Vermont and Richard Rowell of New Hampshire. Sister in law of Bayne C. Gregory and Nancy B. Chase.
A Memorial Service will be conducted on Saturday, Nov. 13th at 2 PM at the Second Congregational Church, 43 Highland Ave., Cohasset.
Visiting hours and flowers omitted by request. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Paul Pratt Library, 106 South Main St., Cohasset, MA 02025 or to the Norwell Visiting Nurse Assoc., 320 Washington St., Norwell, MA 02061.
The interment is to be private.