Margie Lee Chaney

Margie Lee Hall Chaney passed away on March 25, 2012, at her home in Rancho Viejo. She was 83 years old.

She was born February 6, 1929, in Wellington, Kansas to Gladys and Henry Hall.
She was raised in Wellington with her two older siblings Charles and Patsy. Her father worked for more than 50 years for the Santa Fe railroad.

Margie graduated from high school in Wellington and attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas for a year. In 1951, she married Ernie Joe Chaney. Margie worked while Ernie attended undergraduate and medical school at the University of Kansas in Kansas City.

Upon completion of medical school the two moved to Tacoma, Washington where Ernie completed his medical school internship. In 1957, they moved to Belleville, Kansas where Ernie practiced as a family doctor and they raised their three sons. In 1983, the two moved to Wichita, Kansas where Ernie taught at the University of Kansas Medical School and directed the family practice residency.

She loved South Texas where the couple started visiting in the 1970s. They have had a home in Rancho Viejo, Texas since 1983, and retired there permanently in 2006.

Margie is survived by her husband and love of her life, E.J. Chaney, M.D. and two sons Mitchell Susan of Brownsville, Texas and Jim of Wichita, Kansas. She was predeceased by her parents and sister Patsy and also by her youngest son, Stuart Lecia. She has four grandchildren: Katie, Stuart, Elizabeth, and Mac Chaney. She had a special love for her daughtersinlaw, Susan and Lecia who she felt were the daughters she never had.

She was always active in her communities. In Belleville, she was very involved in the Central Christian Church. While living in Belleville she and Ernie volunteered on medical missions two times to Central America. She and Ernie took their three young sons for one summer to Chichicastenango, Guatemala and for one summer to Honduras. When Dr. Chaney was elected President of the American Academy of Family Physicians she served for a year as first lady and loved her duties and the travel. In Wichita, she was the President of the womens auxiliary for St. Joseph Hospital and she volunteered her time there often while Ernie taught medicine.

She loved her family dearly and was an avid Kansas Jayhawk basketball fan. Getting together to watch a game with the whole family was one of her favorite past times. She also loved to play bridge and go dancing with Ernie.

There will be a service in celebration of her life at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28 at the First United Methodist Church, 1225 Boca Chica Blvd., in Brownsville.

In lieu of flowers the family and Margie would appreciate donations to Sunshine Haven Hospice, P.O. Box 4478, Brownsville, TX 78523.

The family wishes to thank Odyssey Hospice for the care provided to Margie the last few weeks. The family is also deeply indebted to three caregivers who cared for Margie with love and tenderness, Priscilla Zavala, Erica Esquivel, and Juanita Young. All three are angels, heaven sent to Margie and the Chaney family.