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- Oneonta Star
December 18, 1971
Leonardsville -- Roger E. Chase, 70, a former bus driver for Leonardsville Central School, died Friday, December 17 at Syracuse VA Hospital after a long illness.
Burial will be in Edmeston Union Cemetery.
Mr. Chase was born December 17, 1901, in Burlington Flats, the son of Duane and Della Van Wagner Chase. He married Sally Jones in 1960 in Leonardsville.
He is a former garage operator and later worked as a bus driver and maintenance man with the Leonardscille Central School. He is a veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps serving in India and Africa during World War II. He is a member of the Johnson-Rogers Post 1492 American Legion, and the Leonardsville Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife, a brother, Ivan R. Chase, of Unadilla Forks and one cousin, Mrs. Carolyn Cornell of Edmeston.
[note Carolyn is cousin on maternal side]
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Roger E Chase
Birth Year: 1902
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: New York
State of Residence: New York
County or City: Madison
Enlistment Date: 13 Oct 1942
Enlistment State: New York
Enlistment City: Syracuse
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 64
Weight: 137
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