Patricia Claudette Raymond Ulma Chase

TUCSON, Ariz. – Patricia “Miss Patsy” Raymond Ulma Chase, of SaddleBrooke, Ariz., passed away on Jan. 26, 2022, at the age of 87. She was born in Winslow, the daughter of Maurice and Antoinette Raymond, attended Winslow schools, and established Patsy’s School of Dance, which she operated for almost 30 years.

Patsy married her first husband, Gerald “Gerry” Ulma, in 1955 and they had two sons, Jeff and Todd. “Miss Patsy” taught hundreds of dance student and staged 28 recitals at the Waterville Opera House which became sell-out performances. She retired on April 27, 1980. She inspired many students to continue with dance and several of them started their own dancing schools to continue the “Miss Patsy” tradition.

After Gerald’s untimely death in 1977, she met George “Bud” Chase, from Andover. In 1980, they packed all of their belongings and moved to Arizona. She married Bud at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, U.S. Virgin Islands in 1989 and spent the rest of her life with him by her side

Patsy attended Pima Community College and received her associates degree as an executive secretary in 1988. She worked for the college as an administrative assistant until 1996. She continued with her love of dance by teaching tap dance lessons at the school and gained a new interest in the clogging style of dance, forming the “Arizona Desert Stars” dance troupe. They became famous for “clogging with a flair,” performing both locally and internationally at the invitation of the Innsbruck Performing Arts Festival in Austria.

Patsy joined Bud as they became involved in different hobbies and club activities in their community, including the motorcycle and bicycling clubs. They also traveled extensively, trekking to see sights in the U.S. and around the world, visiting locations like Australia; the Panama Canal; Thailand; Scandinavia; and the Caribbean. At the age of 72, Pat and Bud rode their motorcycle across the United States in 2006 and 2008 and toured the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest in 2007.

Patsy is survived by George “Bud” Chase of SaddleBrooke, Ariz. She leaves behind her older brother, Thomas Raymond, and his wife, Shirley (Ayotte) Raymond, of Damariscotta, and younger brother, Lewis Raymond and his wife, Cathy (Dearborn) Raymond, of Winslow. She is also survived by her sons Jeffery “Jeff” G. Ulma and his wife, Paula Siviski-Ulma, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., Todd P. Ulma and his wife Cheryl (Mayo) Ulma of Sparks, Nev., Bob Chase, stepson, of Andover, stepson, Brian Chase, of Andover; granddaughter, Lauryn (Ulma) Johnson, her husband Jimmy Johnson, and great-grandson, Lincoln Johnson of New Hill, N.C.; and grandson, Bryan Ulma and his fiancée, Hannah Janosko, of Cary, N.C.

A Celebration of Life will be held later this year to honor this wonderful woman. For more information, go to http://www.forevermissed.com/misspatsy.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association at http://www.heart.org