Annie Chase Obituary (1929 - 2014)

Annie Corey Chase 1929-2014 Waterville – Annie C. Chase, 85, from Randolph Maine passed away peacefully on March 12th, 2014 at Oak Grove Nursing Home in Waterville. Maine. She was a long time resident of Randolph, Maine. Annie was born in Waterville on February 12, 1929. She was one of seven children and daughter of Joseph and Mary (Abraham) Corey. She was educated in Waterville schools. Annie married Howard P. Chase of Randolph Maine in 1947 and moved from Waterville to Randolph. Annie was an excellent seamstress and a long time employee of Margaret Smith’s Handbag factory in Randolph where she eventually retired from in 2008. She was predeceased by her son David who died as an infant, her husband Howard Chase who died in 1991, both parents, Mary and Joseph Corey, three brothers and their wives, James and Sadie Corey, Philip and Ivy Corey, Naseeb and Tina Corey; Two sisters and their husbands, Nazelia and Bernard Place, Nazera and Walter Bickford; as well as nieces and nephews, Loyal Bickford, Loyal Huff, Danford Place, Robert (Bobby) Corey and Neil (Jeffrey) Bickford. Survivors include a sister, Marilyn Miller from Waterville, nieces, Betty Anne Burns from Lincolnville, ME, Tina and her husband Michael (Micky) Thomas, from Yarmouth ME, Robbe and her husband William (Bill) MacKenzie from Pembroke, NH; nephews, Tony and his wife Bernadette Corey from FL, Darwood and his wife Mary Corey of Waterville, Wayne Corey from Waterville, and Michael and his wife Barbara Bickford of China, ME as well as several great nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at Staples Funeral Home on 53 Brunswick Avenue in Gardiner, ME on Wednesday, March 19th at 2 PM. Burial will be at a later date in St Joseph’s Cemetery in Gardiner ME.