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Helen W. (Calileo) Chase
December 09, 2018

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Helen W. Chase
Beloved wife, mother, and nana

TEWKSBURY: Helen W. (Calileo) Chase, age 87, a longtime resident of Tewksbury, and communicant of St. William’s Parish, passed away at the High Point Hospice House in Haverhill in the care of her family and Merrimack Valley Hospice.

She was the beloved wife of John J. Chase, with whom she celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on September 12, 2018.

Born in Somerville on March 29, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Virgilio “Dan” Calileo and the late Helen (Weston) Calileo.

Helen was raised in Somerville, and graduated from Somerville High School in 1949. Since graduation, Helen along with her dear friend and classmate, Lorraine Gibbons, served on the Somerville High School Class of 1949 Reunion Committee until 2013.

In her youth, Helen spent her summer vacations at Nutting’s Lake in Billerica, where she met and later married her beloved husband John.

In previous years, she and her husband enjoyed spending the winter months in West Palm Beach, FL, and attending socials at the Tewksbury Senior Center.

Helen was a longtime supporter and friend of the Oblate Father’s Community in Tewksbury.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two children, John J. Chase, Jr. and his wife Eva, and Mary Ellen Chase, all of Billerica; three grandchildren, Amy Chase, Brooke Anderson, and Chase Anderson, all of Billerica; two brothers, Daniel Calileo and his wife Grace of Amherst, NH, and Robert Calileo and his wife Carolyn of Naples, ME; also many nieces and nephews, and her lifelong friend of 72 years, Lorraine Gibbons of Tewksbury.

Calling hours are Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 4-8 p.m. at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee St., Tewksbury. Her funeral procession will begin on Thursday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by her Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. William’s Church, 1351 Main St., Rte. 38, Tewksbury. Interment at Tewksbury Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Helen’s memory may be made to High Pointe House, 360 North Ave., Haverhill, MA 01830.

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Farmer & Dee Funeral Home
16 Lee Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
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