McNamara and Sparrell Funeral Homes
Anne L. Chase
Biography
Anne Lee Chase, age 53, of Hull, formerly of Cohasset, died February 13 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, after a short and courageous struggle with cancer. She was the loving daughter of Barbara A. (Sullivan) Chase of Cohasset, MA and the late Francis Michael Chase.
In addition to her mother, Anne is survived by her two brothers Francis G. Chase, and his wife Barbara McIntyre Chase, formally of Hingham, MA and Michael C. Chase, and his wife Carolyn Buonanno Chase of East Greenwich, RI. She was the proud and loving aunt of Courtney and Conor Chase and Tommy, Margaret, Phoebe and Christian Chase. She was actively involved in each of her nieces and nephews lives and loved them as her own children.
Anne was born and raised in Cohasset and graduated from Milton Academy. She went on to graduate from Simmons College in Boston with a degree in Art History. For more than twenty years Anne was the Office Manager of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s office in Hingham, MA where she was the beloved colleague of all there. Anne was previously employed at the Whitney Museum in New York.
Besides her love and devotion to her mother, brothers and their families, she loved cooking, her monthly book group, playing the piano and listening to music. Anne enjoyed the arts and was a docent at several museums including the China Trade Museum in Milton, MA and the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, MA. Anne also loved vacationing in September in East Orleans, MA.
She dedicated herself to helping her family.
Visiting Hours
Visiting hours will be from 4 PM to 8 PM, Wednesday at McNamara Sparrell Funeral Home, 1 Summer St., Cohasset, MA.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Sunset Point Camp, 185 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 or to Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer, 251 West Central Street, Suite 32, Natick, MA 01760.
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Anne will be at 10 AM on Thursday in St. Anthony’s Church, 10 Summer St., Cohasset, MA.
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