Francis Chase

1930 - 2015

Francis Edward Laupp Chase

Dec 16, 1930 - April 22, 2015

Francis Edward Laupp Chase (Frank, Franny)

Born Dec 16, 1930 in Poplar (Wolf Point), Montana; diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2011, Frank died April 22, 2015 at home in San Francisco.

Frank is survived by his wife Karen Larson Sutherlin, children Mark (Denise) Chase, John Scott (Colleen) Chase and Linda (John) Miles; step-children Jim (Susan), Richard (Liz) and Janine Sutherlin, and Joe and George Jasen; and mother-in-law Marie E. Larson. Also by grandchildren Mark, Kevin, Nick, Matt, Whitney and Amber and great-grandsons Wolfgang and Killian. Pre-deceased by grandson John Chase, step-daughter Christina Jasen, and Marie Chase (mother to Mark, Scott, Linda, Christina, Joe and George).

A Native American, Frank was a member of the Yurok Tribe. Raised in Alameda and Eureka, CA, Frank was an outstanding football player at Eureka High School graduating in 1949. He was a Korean War veteran serving in the Air Force in Alaska and Japan. He worked for 35 years as the only tile setter employed by the city of San Francisco, retiring to follow his passions for great music and food, travel particularly by train, and watching nearly every sporting event available particularly the SF 49ers and the SF Giants.

He made friends throughout SF having lived in the Haight, the Avenues and Bernal Heights and worked in most of the public buildings throughout the City; he kept in touch with friends from his days in Eureka. He will be sorely missed by his family and by those who knew him.

Services will be held at a later date; donations may be made in Frank's memory to SF Animal Care and Control.