Aletha Mae "Leta" (Oliver) Chase was born May 5, 1894 in Britton, Michigan as the daughter of Ernest H. and Mary (Curry) Oliver.

In 1913, she married Franklin Harriott Chase and they had one child, Franklin O. Chase (1914-1987)

She died on November 16, 1975 in Tecumseh, Michigan at the age of 77. Aletha is buried in Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.