An Obituary - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hope Marie Chastain
1929-2003
The residents of Walton Lake are saddened today by the loss of one of the community's most eccentric and beloved residents. Miss Chastain lived at Tanglewood, one of the oldest and grandest of the 19th century estates in the area. The Chastain family has held Tanglewood since 1903, when Miss Chastain's father immigrated to the area from France.
Miss Chastain was active in community theatre and children's causes, sponsoring a Children's Fair every autumn with circus performers and a troupe of 'gypsies' who would read fortunes and tell stories for the guests. She was also active in the Big Cat Sanctuary Project at the Cleveland Zoo, sponsoring buildings which enabled to zoo to procure a group of rare Central American jaguars.
The executor of her estate has asked that no gifts or flowers be sent to the funeral home; instead, Miss Chastain stipulated in her will that she would like any gifts in her memory to be sent on to the Zoo Society instead.