Chase, Jonathan Balloch (Jack) Jr.

1915 - 2010  (94 years)

• Name	Chase, Jonathan Balloch (Jack)
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	15 May 1915	Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Apr 2010	Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA
  Buried	20 Apr 2010	Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #51274043
  Person ID	I7530	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Chase, Jonathan Balloch (Jon) Sr.,   b. 16 Mar 1883, Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1949, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Key, Emily Worrill (Em),   b. 9 Nov 1887, Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 4 Oct 1978, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1908	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F3126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Strang, Nancy Caroline,   b. 24 Apr 1919, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA ,   d. 7 May 2008, At Home - Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	Abt 1941
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Jonathan Balloch Chase Jr
  		Jonathan Balloch Chase Jr

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary ODESSA - Jonathan Balloch (Jack) Chase died peacefully at his home at Parks Methodist in Odessa, with family members at his side, on April 15, 2010. His family knew him as an optimistic and ebullient personality and as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. We will always be grateful for his love and support and for his example: he was open to change, to new ideas, and to the views of other people. Earlier this year, Jack said to his family that he had had a good life. And he certainly enjoyed living. For most of his life, he was an expert fisherman, hunter (the best wing-shot most will ever meet), tennis player, and golfer. Later in life, he said that he preferred feeding his deer and birds to hunting them, and he did that every day. As a story-teller, he had no equal: he described his boyhood growing up in Bentonville, Arkansas, with vivid accounts of his parents' Jonathan apple orchard, picking asparagus "as thick as your thumb," playing tennis with his sister on the court their parents built for them, and teaching ducklings how to swim. He took his children, grandchildren, and great-grand children all over the world with his Fairy Fuzzwuzz tales, and he could break up a party with what Nancy Chase called his "funny stories." One source of Jack's stories was his days at Texas A&M. He was an Aggie through and through, and one of only two things he could play on the piano was the opening bars of the Aggie War Hymn. After graduating from A&M he worked in Kilgore and pursued the life of a bachelor, fishing, hunting with his bird dogs and learning to fly airplanes. There he met his love, Nancy Caroline Strang, of Long Beach, California, who was taking courses at Kilgore Junior College and staying with her father, Jack's field partner for the Federal Tender Board. Their marriage was a study in love, respect, and tenderness. Soon after they married, Jack served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Coming home, he worked for the Tender Board, then for Monsanto Chemical Company, then as an independent landman. He and Nancy brought up their family in Midland and, late in his career, Jack did land work for Shell all over Texas and in Michigan. These days were an adventure for Jack and Nancy, who traveled together much of this time. They grew to love Michigan and cherish friends they made there. Jack and Nancy retired to a home on the lake in Brady, where he kept his boat and fishing gear in the water and fished whenever he wanted. His gear was stolen only once, and he said the loss was worth keeping his boat ready to go. His 66.5-pound yellow cat still holds the record for Brady Lake. In addition to his professional life, Jack gave much to his community. He was a member and president of the Midland Optimist Club, president of Ranchland Hills Country Club, and teacher of a Sunday school class at First Methodist Church in Midland. In Brady he served as president of the Simpson Lake Club. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Em and Jack Chase; sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Steve Stevens; and wife of 66 years, Nancy Caroline. He is survived by his children and their spouses, Jon Chase and his wife Mary Ann, June Chase Hankins and her husband Lamar, and Dahrl Chase McCain and her husband Ralph; his grandchildren, Caroline Chase, Jack Chase, Allen Chase, Dahrl Hankins, Keiva Weise, and Chase McCain. Visitation will be held on Monday April 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Terry Tamplin officiating. Published in Odessa American on April 18, 2010