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Surnames: Chaffee, Habercam ,Meyn. Mayer ,
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Chaffee, Charlotte Meyn,,
Charlotte Meyn Chaffee Loving Mother an" Accomplished Vocalist"
Charlotte Meyn Chaffee, age 83, of Millcreek pa.
, and formerly of 224 Woodbriar Lane, Erie,pa, died Sunday, April 5, 2009
She was born in Erie on May 30, 1925 daughter of the late Gustav and Emma Habercam Meyn.
Mrs. Chaffee graduated from Academy High School in 1942 and attended Bryant and Stratton
College and Wittenberg College. She was a member of the Oakdale Corporation family that
operated five Holiday Inn Hotels in Erie, Edinboro, Oil City, Pa. and Jamestown, N.Y.
Charlotte was an accomplished and gifted vocalist and vocal coach who served in the Luther
Memorial Choir and was a frequent soloist with the Luther Memorial Concert Series. She was
active in the Arts Council of Erie and was honored with their Lifetime Achievement Award.
She was a member of the Tuesday Morning Music Club, a member of Luther Memorial Church,
and one of the founders of Luther Memorial Learning Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert
and her brother, Dr. Otto A. Meyn.
Survivors include a daughter, Barbara Chaffee of Pittsburgh, Pa.;
five sons, Robert C. Chaffee, Mark Chaffee and his wife Maryanne, and Alan Chaffee all of
Erie; Brian Chaffee of Pittsburgh, and Douglas Chaffee
and Kristin Mayer of Girard;
a sister, Margaret Piper Penna; eight grandchildren: Jeremy, Jessica, Rebecca and
Benjamin Chaffee and their mother Meg Gould; Hannah Chaffee, and Emma, Chase and Madison
Chaffee; four great grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Burton Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 602 West 10th Street, on
Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to the funeral service to be
celebrated on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Luther Memorial Church. Burial in Laurel Hill
Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Luther Memorial Church, 225 West 10th Street, Erie PA
16501; NWPA Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 1030 State Street, Erie PA 16501,
Send condolences at
www.Burtonfuneralhome.com. .
Erie Times-News from 4/6 to 4/7/2009
Luther Memorial Church,"
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