Mrs. Chaison

Linda Chaison, age 72 of Temple, died Dec. 15, 2021 at her residence.

A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 29, 2022 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Temple, with a reception following.

The family also will host a memorial in Comfort, Texas on Feb. 5.

Linda was born April 29, 1949 in Fredericksburg to Robert Hamlyn and Ella Hamlyn.

She graduated from Lampasas High School and attended Texas Woman’s University.

Linda married Robert Chaison in 1970 and was the president of Centraland Title Co. from 1986 until her retirement in 2017. Before working at Centraland, Linda was a legal secretary for several attorneys to include Stanley Kacir and Richard Mewhinney.

Along with her husband Robert, Linda is survived by her mother, Ella Hamlyn; her son, Michael Chaison and wife Christine of Leander; two granddaughters, Catherine Chaison and Elizabeth Chaison; brothers, Robert Hamlyn and David Hamlyn; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father and by her first husband, Steve DeSantis, who was killed in the line of duty in Vietnam.