Jack Everett Chase

Jack Everett Chase, 91-year-old resident of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, died on August 11, 2022, at Quail Ridge Living Center in Colcord, Oklahoma. He was born on January 26, 1931, in Ticonic, Iowa, to Everett Earl and Geneva Butler Chase. He moved to Waterbury Nebraska as a child until 1939, when his family located to Sheldon, Iowa. He went to Iowa State University in Ames Iowa in the fall of 1948 where he worked at the Iowa State Memorial Union and joined the ROTC. His college education was interrupted by polio, which delayed his graduation with a BS degree in Business Administration until March of 1954. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army and was assigned to Fort Carson in Colorado Springs Colorado in April, 1954. He married Maribeth DeWitt in Atlantic Iowa in August 1954 and their son John was born in Colorado Springs in October 1955. He accepted a position with General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) after he was discharged from the Army and moved to Denver CO where his daughter Claire was born in March 1959. The family moved to Rapid City SD in 1960 where he worked for both GMAC and Rapid Chevrolet and where Kit and Abby joined the family. The Chase family moved to Ida Grove Iowa in 1966 when he began his banking career as a Vice President for Ida County State Bank and later President of First State Bank from 1966 to 1985. He also had extensive involvement in many community organizations, including holding officer positions for the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He served as the President and Board of Directors for Ida Grove Housing Inc. and was the Ida Grove Community Housing Building Committee Chairman. He was involved in the Horn Memorial Hospital Doctor procurement committee, the Doctor’s Clinic Building chairman, and was a community ambulance volunteer. He was on the Board of Directors of the Iowa State Memorial Union. One of Jack’s proudest accomplishments was chairing the Ida Grove Country Club building committee, which resulted in a beautiful new country club building and golf course that has served the community for over 50 years. In 1985 he moved to California to work in real estate for Century 21 with Joe Hooker, an old Army buddy. He met Carol in San Diego CA, and they were married in August 1998. On their drive back to Arkansas one day after their wedding, she was killed in a car accident in Arizona. In 2000 he met Suellen Coleman and they were married in 2007. He retired from managing the Short Stop gas station/convenience store in 2016 at 85 years of age. Jack succumbed to the side effects of severe dementia at the age of 91 years. He is preceded in death by his parents, Everett Earl and Geneva; his brother, Garry Chase; first wife, Maribeth DeWitt Chase; and second wife, Carol Chase. He is survived by his wife, Suellen, of the home; son, John Chase and wife Marian, of Orlando, Florida; daughters, Claire Chase and Douglas Gorham of Kansas City, Kansas; Kit Hansen and husband Scott, of Adel, Iowa, and Abby Clutter and husband Archie, of Lincoln, Nebraska; sister, Carol Irwin, of Fayetteville, Arkansas; and many caring nieces and nephews. Grandchildren, Adam Chase and wife Jennifer, Megan Emerson and husband Patrick, Sarah Guidry and husband Grant, Anna Hester and husband Davis, Thomas Clutter, Daniel Clutter, Emily Hansen, Sophie Hansen, Alex Harrold, and Quinn Harrold; great-grandchildren, Ella, Maggie, Olivia, Reese, Chase, Drew, Jack, and Millie Step children, Terri Woodward and husband Mike, Cara Bland and husband James, Misti Stephens and husband Jim Bob; step-grandchildren, Brandon Woodward, Nathan Woodward, Eli Bland, Ryli Middendorff and husband Jesper, Coleman Stephens, and Stone Stephens. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 19, 2022, at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, from 5:00 – 6:30 PM. Memorial service will be Saturday, August 20, 2022, at First United Methodist Church in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, at 10:00 AM, with Pastor Clark Atkins and Chaplain Terry Wofford officiating. It will be also be live streamed on https://www.firstchurchsiloam.com or its Facebook page or YouTube channel. In lieu of flowers or gifts please send donations to 1. Quail Ridge Living Center c/o Taylor Welch 564 State Line Road Colcord, Ok 74338 Or 2. Good Shepherd hospice https://www.goodshepherdhospice.com/donations/

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Jack Everett Chase

January 26, 1931 - August 11, 2022