AUGUSTA - Robert B. Chase, 80, of Augusta died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at the Maine Veterans Home. He was born in Augusta on June 23, 1926, the son of Eugene B. and Myrtie (Brookings) Chase. Bob graduated from Gardiner High School in 1944 and from Maine Vocational and Technical Institute in 1948. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He married Marian E. Norwood of Auburn on June 24, 1950. Bob was employed by Central Maine Power Co. for 39 years. He was a member of Penney Memorial United Baptist Church, Augusta. He was also a member of Bethlehem Lodge AF&AM, the Scottish Rite bodies and the Kora Temple Shrine. He was a 33rd degree Mason. Bob was a Harley-Davidson enthusiast and a member of the Augusta Chapter H.O.G. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marian Chase of Augusta; three sons, David R. Chase and his wife, Cyndi, of Olsburg, Kan., Peter N. Chase and his wife. Ginger, of Fairfield, and Eugene L. Chase and his wife, Cheryl, of Chelsea; three daughters, Ellen L. Gallant and her husband, James 'Jim-Bo,' of Richmond, Rebecca M. Waugh and her husband, Rodney, of Augusta, and Anne M. Selke and her husband, Bill, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; sisters Elsie M. Peacock of Pittston and Margaret J. Marston of Winthrop.; 18 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. There will be no visiting hours. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.12, in the Monmouth Ridge Cemetery, Ridge Road, Monmouth. The Revs. Eric Moore, pastor of the Penney Memorial United Baptist Church, and Jean Wood, pastor of Cox Memorial United Methodist Church, Hallowell, will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospitals, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104. Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home and Cremation Service, One Church St., Augusta Maine.