Florence Reeka Chase was born on September 16th 1930 in a small house up the North Fork of the Nehalem River and passed away at Cherrywood Memory Care January 11th, 2025 in McMinnville, Oregon.
She grew up and stayed on North Fork Road most of her life. Florence graduated from Nehalem High School and later met and married Bud Chase. She was a stay-at-home mother for their 3 children. Later, she did the books for Chase Logging Co. She and her mother traveled a lot until her mom passed. Then Florence and her daughter traveled to Montana and Australia. She would take off on a whim and that was our independent mom. Florence went to Mexico by herself for over twenty years.
She did beautiful sewing and quilting. Before her disease, she had a spotless home and was a great cook and baker. Florence loved to read and work in her flowers.
She is survived by her children, Irene Schroeder (Wayne), Dale Chase (Becky), Larry Chase (Kim), five grandchildren, seven great grandkids and four great-great grandkids.
A graveside service will be held at the Nehalem American Legion Cemetery at 1 pm, followed by a luncheon at White Clover Grange Hall,36585 Hwy 53, Nehalem, OR 97131
