Elizabeth Chase

Elizabeth H. (Betty) Chase passed away peacefully at Kolob Regional Rehabilitation and Care Center on February 14, 2012.Born Sept. 3, 1923 in Madison Connecticutt to parents Frank W. Schmedding Jr. and Lokadija M. (Kulisch) Schmedding. She traveled to Chula Vista, California with her parents and two brothers William and Robert in late 1926 to seek their fortune in the land of sunshine. She graduated Sweetwater High School and soon thereafter was married. That union was soon dissolved and she married Louis S. Chase in 1950. They had a full and happy life. Betty worked for the telephone company for many years and retired in the late 1970's and soon she and Lou moved to Paragonah following her parents. Betty and Lou built a house with parents quarters attached in which her parents lived until they died. Betty loved Paragonah, and hunting and fishing and the type of life there. She was a great outdoors woman, homemaker, seamstress, cook, and enjoyed gardening and canning. She was an accomplished craftswoman and was skilled at using her computer to design embroidery, and quilts,and kept all her photographs in albums designed by herself on the computer. She also took all of the family photos, slides and films and put them to disc. A monumental task done after the age of 75. Betty is preceded in death by her parents, her brother William T. Schmedding, her loving husband and constant companion for 50 years, Lou. She is survived by her three children, Midge Palmatier (Ken), M. Robert Chase (Lynn), all of San Diego, Ca. and Louis Edward Chase.(Clare),of Cedar City , Ut., eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and her brother Robert F. Schmedding(Kay) of Solona Beach, Ca.Services will be held in Southern Utah Mortuary in Cedar City on Wednesday, February 22nd at 11:00 a.m. No viewing or graveside services, per Betty's request.