Chester Edwin Chapin

b. 8 July 1913, d. 21 December 1958
  • Chester Edwin Chapin was born on 8 July 1913 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 243 Crowley Avenue. Other members of the household included Chester Edwin Chapin, William Alfrid Chapin, Ralph Herbert Chapin, Dorothy May Chapin, George Alfred Chapin Jr., Harold Ross Chapin, Paul Westley Chapin, Ida Cathern Chapin, Margaret Chapin and Viola Jennet Chapin.
  • George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, New York, at 243 Crowley Avenue. Other members of the household included Chester Edwin Chapin, Paul Westley Chapin, Ida Cathern Chapin, Margaret Chapin, Viola Jennet Chapin, Harold Smith, Dorothy May Chapin and Irving George Smith.
  • He was attending school and employed as a salesman in a florist shop, according to the 1930 census.
  • He married Helen Nichlas.
  • Chester Edwin Chapin died on 21 December 1958 at age 45 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 22 December 1958 in the Tonawanda News: [Died] Chester Chapin, age 45, of 40 Oakwood Terrace, North Tonawanda, died suddenly yesterday afternoon (Dec. 21) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital. Husband of Helen (nee Nichlas); father of Mrs. Eugene (Annette) Darlak, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Frank (Janet) Piskor of Florida, and Merle Chapin; a granddaughter, Charlene Darlak; brother of Ralph of Sanborn, George, Mrs. Clarence Goss, Mrs. Hubert Tomoser, all of Kenmore, the Rev. Paul Chapin of Louisiana, Harold, Mrs. Russell McLure and Mrs. James Imburgia, all of Buffalo. Friends may call at Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., where services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Richard Allen Boddy will officiate. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Chapin was a member of Gratwick Hose Company, the Fireman's Benevolent Association and Sylvania Management Club.
  • Last Edited: 6 Feb 2013

Family: Helen Nichlas