Lillian A. LABBE

BRUNSWICK - Lillian A. Labbe Chase, 88, a resident of the Mere Point Unit of the Mid Coast Senior Health Care Center, Baribeau Drive died Thursday, April 28, 2005 after a long illness.She was born in Brunswick, April 7, 1917, the daughter of Dieudonne (John) and Demrise Caouette Labbe and attended St. John's School.She worked for several area businesses including the Verney Mill, Aubach Shoe Company and for the Jay Brush Company, retiring in 1979.On Oct. 28, 1989, she married Russell C. Chase at St. John's Church in Brunswick. He died March 3, 1994. Mrs. Chase was an avid bingo player, enjoyed traveling and spent her leisure time knitting and crocheting. She was a communicant of St. John's the Baptist Catholic Church in Brunswick and was a member of the Evergreens.Surviving are three nieces, Mary L. Morang of Brunswick, Corinne Miner of Sacramento, Calif., and Priscilla Stevens of Jacksonville, Fla.; three nephews, Clarence (Sonny) Gerrish of Topsham, Kenneth R. Gerrish of Norton, Mass., and J. Roger Gerrish of Austin, Texas.In addition to her husband, she was also predeceased by a sister, Mary A. Lamont, and three brothers, Ovila Labbe, Adrien Labbe and Robert Labbe.There will be no visiting hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday at St. John's the Baptist Church, Pleasant Street, Brunswick. Interment will follow in St. John's Cemetery, Brunswick.Arrangements are by Stetson's Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick.