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Irdell Dona Chartraw Chase
Birth: 23 Feb 1923 Custer County, Nebraska, USA
Death: 22 Sep 2011 (aged 88) Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA
Memorial #: 76964964
Bio: Irdell Dona Chase, 88, of Lexington, Nebraska, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at Lexington Regional Health Center. Irdell was born , Dona Irdell, to Raphael and Amanda (Schmidt) Chartraw, near Cat Creek, Custer County, Nebraska on the family farm. Irdell graduated from Mason City High School in 1940. She took Normal Training after high school. Her first teaching job was northwest of Broken Bow and her last two years of teaching was north of Cat Creek, Nebraska.She was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Harold A. Chase on May 26, 1944. One daughter was blessed to this marriage; Barbara. Harold was stationed in Alaska during World War II. They were married when he returned home. The couple lived in Galveston, Texas for a year, where Harold was stationed and then honorably discharged.After the service they built a home in Gothenburg, Nebraska. In 1952, Irdell was in the hospital twenty days, not expected to live. It turned out to be a ruptured appendix. Later that year she had a complete nervous breakdown and due to insulin and electrical shock treatments she was physically and mentally like a baby. She had to learn how to walk, read, write, cook and dress herself.In 1962, the family moved to Lexington, because of Harold's work. At that time Irdell's name was changed for business purposes.Irdell enjoyed being a wife and mother, taught piano lessons, did church work, was a wonderful cook, babysat, and enjoyed her garden and flowers and being outdoors. Sadly, dementia slowly took these things from her over the past twelve years.She loved her Lord, her husband and daughter and will be so very missed.Irdell is survived by: husband: Harold Chase of Lexington, Nebraska; daughter: Barbara Chase of Lexington, Nebraska; brother: Eugene Chartraw of Ansley, Nebraska; niece: Connie Miller of Milford, Nebraska; nephew: Mike Chartraw of Lincoln, Nebraska Her beloved therapy dog: Benny of Lexington.Irdell was preceded in death by her parents; sister-in-law; nieces, and many aunts and uncles.Graveside Service was at Greenwood Cemetery, Lexington, NE.
Family Members
Parents
Raphael X Chartraw 1896-1973
Amanda Schmidt Chartraw 1899-1997
Spouse
Harold Arthur Chase 1921-2013
Siblings
Eugene R. Chartraw 1924-2015
Maintained by: Find A Grave (8)
Originally Created by: CPR (46798335)
Added: 23 Sep 2011
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76964964
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2019), memorial page for Irdell Dona Chartraw Chase (23 Feb 1923?22 Sep 2011), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76964964, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
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1923 - 2011 (88 years)