Elizabeth Chase Robertson

Elizabeth Chase Robertson

1925-2009

BETHAL — Elizabeth Chase Robertson, 84, of Bethel, died on Nov. 15, at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway with her family by her side.

She was born on Nov. 15, 1925, the oldest of five children to Harry E. and Agnes Foster Chase. She attended school in Hanover, Rumford Point, Gould Academy, and graduated from Mexico High School in 1944. She went on to graduate from Pelletier School of Beauty Culture in Lewiston. She worked at Kersey's Beauty Shop in Rumford and Wilma's Beauty Shop in Bethel.

Betty, as she was known by her friends, married Henry Robertson on Nov. 8, 1946; he died Oct. 15, 2009. She was a member of the O.E.S., Bethel United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and the Bethel Historical Society.

She is survived by three daughters, Victoria Robertson of Brunswick, Jean Ramsay and her husband, Glen, of Scarborough, and Merry-Ann Harkins and her husband, Jack, of Brunswick; a granddaughter, Erika Lamarre and her husband, Richard Kazimer, of Woburn, Mass.; a grandson. Spc. Douglas Lamarre and his wife, Deborah, of Fayetteville, N.C.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years; her parents of Hanover; and a brother, George Maynard Chase of Hanover.