ANDOVER — I write again about Mary N. Chase, honored by a historical marker outside the Stone Chapel. Chase moved to Andover in 1899 to teach at Proctor Academy, joined the Andover Unitarians, and was a part of the community until July 1948, when she moved to the Unitarians’ Frances Bernard Home for indigent women in Hyde Park, Boston.   

“Mary N. Chase (1863-1959). National Leader in Woman Suffrage, Arden Advocate for Peace, and Fierce Defender of the Underdog” and “The Reverend Uriah Chase (1820-1888)” are essays I researched and wrote 2022-2024. Both are in the town’s libraries. I thank everyone for their helpful advice on matters of style and content, noting that I am responsible for any remaining deficiencies. 

Chase died on December 30, 1959, at age 96. Where was she buried? Not in Franklin, as an official document from the State of Massachusetts stated, nor in Andover, as Boston newspapers reported.  

No records survive for the Frances Bernard Home, the doctor who confirmed her death, or the funeral home that received her. Unitarian archives are silent. I again call for your help in answering the question.  Where is the body?