Chase Bruns
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Chase Lane Bruns, of Alexandria, Va., and Castine, Maine, died on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, after a long struggle with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ) popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. At the time of her death, she was 73. She was one of the founders and a longtime member of the Hollin Hills Potters, an art-boutique /studio pottery, in the Old Towne, Alexandria, Va., Torpedo Factory Arts Center.

Mrs. Bruns was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lane, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

She graduated in 1955 from Sweet Briar College, where she majored in psychology and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1974, Chase joined with several artists to found Hollin Hills Pottery, one of first boutique workshops established in the revamped Torpedo Factory.

Throughout her life she supported a wide variety of artistic, social, political, medical and environmental social organizations, national as well as regional in scope, including service on the board of the United Community Ministries in Alexandria, as well as supporting, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Trinity Episcopal Church in Castine, the National Resources Defense Council of Maine, the ALS Society and the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.

She is survived by her husband, Eugene; three children: a daughter, Jordan Richards; and two sons, Emerson and Lane; three grandchildren, Thorpe Richards and Gracie Lane and John Chase Bruns; and her brother, Joseph H. Lane, of Greeneville, Tenn.

Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria.