CHASE, Edna Berdena (Rosenow) - b. April 4, 1902 - d. March 7, 2009

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Edna B. (Rosenow) Chase, age 106, a resident of Howard, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Howard Twilight Manor.  Edna was born on April 4, 1902 in Elmwood, Nebraska, the daughter of Herman Frank and Anna Emilie (Thimjahn) Rosenow.

Edna was a graduate of Howard High School.  On April 24, 1923, Edna was united in marriage to Roy Cecil Chase in Eureka, Kansas.  She was a member of the College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kansas.  Other memberships included the Hypatia Club, Helianthus Club, Mark Twain Club, Vera Book Club, Methodist Church Circles, and Eastern Star for over 80 years.

Edna is survived by two daughters, Juanita and Richard McLean of Howard, Kansas and Nancy and Larry Warren of Haysville, Kansas; grandchildren, Mike and Barbara McLean, Deanna and Rus Jones, Becky and Steve Gabriel, and Jim and Sharon Warren; great-grandchildren, Elaina and Dustin Wllhite, Tania and Nathan Turner, Michelle Bunyard, Scott and April McLean, and Kaleigh, Keicey, and Kyndra Gabriel; great-great grandchildren, Chase Bunyard, Mikah and Lane Willhite, Chloe, Cole and Isabel Turner, and Avery, Holton, and Turner McLean.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Roy in 1973; a son, Harold Chase; and two sisters, Florence Garison and Alta Klumpp.

Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Grace Lawn Cemetery in Howard, Kansas with Pastor Robin Haines officiating.  Visitation will be from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard.  Family suggests contributions to either the College Hill United Methodis Church in Wichita, Kansas or the Howard Twilight Manor and may be left with the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com.  Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, Kansas.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)