Haverhill \u2013 Christine (Chase) Brochu, 84, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Haverhill.<\/p>\n
Born in Merrimac, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Dorothy (Sutherland) Chase. Raised and educated in Merrimac, she attended Merrimack High School. She was the oldest of ten children and Christine helped to raise her nine siblings after the sudden passing of her mother and after she married was a stay at home mom to her five children. She was a natural nurture and caring person who always put everyone else above her own needs. After working for a brief time in the shoe industry in Haverhill, she did what came naturally to her, working as a home health aide, caring for others. She loved to cook and eat. Christine was part of a Bible study with her friends and enjoyed going to Sarah\u2019s Place in Haverhill. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.<\/p>\n
Christine is survived by her children, Robert H. White and his wife Jeannette of Reno, NV; Laura DiBartolomeo of NC; Lanny F. DiBartolomeo of TX; Daniel M. DiBartolomeo and his wife Jennifer of Plaistow, NH; Anthony C. DiBartolomeo and his fianc\u00e9` Angela Dumont of Haverhill; her siblings, Donald Chase, Mark Chase, and Herbert Chase and his wife Brenda all of Haverhill; Paul Chase, Frederick Chase and his wife Natalie and David Chase and his wife Analyn all of Merrimac; Ethel Reilly and her husband Frank of Tampa, FL; Nancy Mckerron and her husband Jack of FL; Beverly Chase Cote of Pelham, NH; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
A celebration of Christine\u2019s life will be announced in the spring. Arrangements are by the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Donations may be made in her memory to Sarah\u2019s Place, 180 Water Street, Haverhill. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haverhill \u2013 Christine (Chase) Brochu, 84, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Haverhill. Born in Merrimac, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Dorothy (Sutherland) Chase. Raised and educated in Merrimac, she attended Merrimack High School. She was the oldest of ten children and Christine helped to raise her nine siblings after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}