Chute, Frederick Hawley Passed away at his home on February 8, 2009. He was 96 years old.
Frederick was born in Minneapolis on June 4, 1912. He attended Blake School, where he was head boy of the school and a standout athlete, particularly in football and baseball. He went on to attend Yale University, where he graduated in 1935. He served in World War II as a naval aviation officer assigned to an anti-submarine patrol squadron. He retired from the Navy in 1945 as a lieutenant commander.
In 1947 he married Marcella Phelps, and together they raised six children. After college and military service, Frederick went to work for his father and uncle in the family real estate business where he continued to work until the business was sold in 2007. During his real estate career he developed the Mid-City Industrial Center in Northeast Minneapolis, the Broadway Place office buildings, and several motels.
Frederick was an avid sportsman who enjoyed many outdoor activities, including hunting, fishing, downhill skiing, canoeing, ice boating, and sailboat racing. A number of times he was on the winning boat while racing A Scow sailboats at the annual Inland Lakes Yachting Association championships. Frederick had many interests in life, but most of all he loved to spend time with his family. Frederick was a past president of the Minneapolis Club; commodore of the Minnetonka Yacht Club; commodore of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association; ILYA racing judge; member of the Blake School Board of Trustees; member of the Advisory board at First National Bank in St. Anthony Falls; active in fundraising for United Way; and active in Girl Scouts of Minnesota.
Frederick was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret, who died at age 13 in 1923; and by his parents, Frederick Butterfield Chute and Elizabeth Hawley Chute. Frederick is survived by Marcella, his wife of 62 years; children, Constance Dowling (Patrick), Frederick Chute Jr. (Lynn), Dr. Edmund Chute (Harriett), John M. Chute, David Chute (Christina), Anne Nowlan (Tom), and sixteen grandchildren.
Memorial service 2 pm Monday, February 16, 2009 at The Episcopal Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 865 North Ferndale Road, (Corner of Ferndale Rd. & County Road 6) Wayzata. Private interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Lake Minnetonka Sailing School, Minnesota Historical Society, or Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency. David Lee Funeral Home Wayzata 952-473-5577
Frederick was born in Minneapolis on June 4, 1912. He attended Blake School, where he was head boy of the school and a standout athlete, particularly in football and baseball. He went on to attend Yale University, where he graduated in 1935. He served in World War II as a naval aviation officer assigned to an anti-submarine patrol squadron. He retired from the Navy in 1945 as a lieutenant commander.
In 1947 he married Marcella Phelps, and together they raised six children. After college and military service, Frederick went to work for his father and uncle in the family real estate business where he continued to work until the business was sold in 2007. During his real estate career he developed the Mid-City Industrial Center in Northeast Minneapolis, the Broadway Place office buildings, and several motels.
Frederick was an avid sportsman who enjoyed many outdoor activities, including hunting, fishing, downhill skiing, canoeing, ice boating, and sailboat racing. A number of times he was on the winning boat while racing A Scow sailboats at the annual Inland Lakes Yachting Association championships. Frederick had many interests in life, but most of all he loved to spend time with his family. Frederick was a past president of the Minneapolis Club; commodore of the Minnetonka Yacht Club; commodore of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association; ILYA racing judge; member of the Blake School Board of Trustees; member of the Advisory board at First National Bank in St. Anthony Falls; active in fundraising for United Way; and active in Girl Scouts of Minnesota.
Frederick was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret, who died at age 13 in 1923; and by his parents, Frederick Butterfield Chute and Elizabeth Hawley Chute. Frederick is survived by Marcella, his wife of 62 years; children, Constance Dowling (Patrick), Frederick Chute Jr. (Lynn), Dr. Edmund Chute (Harriett), John M. Chute, David Chute (Christina), Anne Nowlan (Tom), and sixteen grandchildren.
Memorial service 2 pm Monday, February 16, 2009 at The Episcopal Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 865 North Ferndale Road, (Corner of Ferndale Rd. & County Road 6) Wayzata. Private interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Lake Minnetonka Sailing School, Minnesota Historical Society, or Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency. David Lee Funeral Home Wayzata 952-473-5577
Chute, Frederick Hawley Passed away at his home on February 8, 2009. He was 96 years old.
Frederick was born in Minneapolis on June 4, 1912. He attended Blake School, where he was head boy of the school and a standout athlete, particularly in football and baseball. He went on to attend Yale University, where he graduated in 1935. He served in World War II as a naval aviation officer assigned to an anti-submarine patrol squadron. He retired from the Navy in 1945 as a lieutenant commander.
In 1947 he married Marcella Phelps, and together they raised six children. After college and military service, Frederick went to work for his father and uncle in the family real estate business where he continued to work until the business was sold in 2007. During his real estate career he developed the Mid-City Industrial Center in Northeast Minneapolis, the Broadway Place office buildings, and several motels.
Frederick was an avid sportsman who enjoyed many outdoor activities, including hunting, fishing, downhill skiing, canoeing, ice boating, and sailboat racing. A number of times he was on the winning boat while racing A Scow sailboats at the annual Inland Lakes Yachting Association championships. Frederick had many interests in life, but most of all he loved to spend time with his family. Frederick was a past president of the Minneapolis Club; commodore of the Minnetonka Yacht Club; commodore of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association; ILYA racing judge; member of the Blake School Board of Trustees; member of the Advisory board at First National Bank in St. Anthony Falls; active in fundraising for United Way; and active in Girl Scouts of Minnesota.
Frederick was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret, who died at age 13 in 1923; and by his parents, Frederick Butterfield Chute and Elizabeth Hawley Chute. Frederick is survived by Marcella, his wife of 62 years; children, Constance Dowling (Patrick), Frederick Chute Jr. (Lynn), Dr. Edmund Chute (Harriett), John M. Chute, David Chute (Christina), Anne Nowlan (Tom), and sixteen grandchildren.
Memorial service 2 pm Monday, February 16, 2009 at The Episcopal Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 865 North Ferndale Road, (Corner of Ferndale Rd. & County Road 6) Wayzata. Private interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Lake Minnetonka Sailing School, Minnesota Historical Society, or Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency. David Lee Funeral Home Wayzata 952-473-5577
Frederick was born in Minneapolis on June 4, 1912. He attended Blake School, where he was head boy of the school and a standout athlete, particularly in football and baseball. He went on to attend Yale University, where he graduated in 1935. He served in World War II as a naval aviation officer assigned to an anti-submarine patrol squadron. He retired from the Navy in 1945 as a lieutenant commander.
In 1947 he married Marcella Phelps, and together they raised six children. After college and military service, Frederick went to work for his father and uncle in the family real estate business where he continued to work until the business was sold in 2007. During his real estate career he developed the Mid-City Industrial Center in Northeast Minneapolis, the Broadway Place office buildings, and several motels.
Frederick was an avid sportsman who enjoyed many outdoor activities, including hunting, fishing, downhill skiing, canoeing, ice boating, and sailboat racing. A number of times he was on the winning boat while racing A Scow sailboats at the annual Inland Lakes Yachting Association championships. Frederick had many interests in life, but most of all he loved to spend time with his family. Frederick was a past president of the Minneapolis Club; commodore of the Minnetonka Yacht Club; commodore of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association; ILYA racing judge; member of the Blake School Board of Trustees; member of the Advisory board at First National Bank in St. Anthony Falls; active in fundraising for United Way; and active in Girl Scouts of Minnesota.
Frederick was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret, who died at age 13 in 1923; and by his parents, Frederick Butterfield Chute and Elizabeth Hawley Chute. Frederick is survived by Marcella, his wife of 62 years; children, Constance Dowling (Patrick), Frederick Chute Jr. (Lynn), Dr. Edmund Chute (Harriett), John M. Chute, David Chute (Christina), Anne Nowlan (Tom), and sixteen grandchildren.
Memorial service 2 pm Monday, February 16, 2009 at The Episcopal Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 865 North Ferndale Road, (Corner of Ferndale Rd. & County Road 6) Wayzata. Private interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Lake Minnetonka Sailing School, Minnesota Historical Society, or Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency. David Lee Funeral Home Wayzata 952-473-5577
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