Husband of Skydiving Teacher Who Died After Encountering Dust Devil Says ‘She Was Too Perfect for This World’

Freddy Chase tells PEOPLE his wife, Devrey LaRiccia Chase, died “doing what she loved" on Sunday, Aug. 2

The husband of a skydiving teacher who died after an accident that occurred during a routine skydive is opening up to PEOPLE about his wife and their love for each other.

Devrey LaRiccia Chase, a 28-year-old instructor with Skydive Perris, died at a hospital after she and a student, who survived, reportedly collided with “dust devils” on Sunday, Aug. 2. Dust devils are vortices containing dust and debris that form in very hot conditions, and resemble small tornadoes, which can reach heights of several thousand feet, according to the National Weather Service.

Her husband, Freddy Chase, tells PEOPLE his wife died “doing what she loved,” and that skydiving “was a big, big part of her life.”

"She was just beautiful inside and out," he adds. "She was too perfect for this world."

Freddy says that skydiving was actually what brought them together as a couple.

Freddy and Devrey met six years ago while working on a project together and they "instantly started falling in love with each other." Devrey had moved from Maine to California about two years prior and began working for Skydive Perris around the same time.

Freddy says Devrey would always give him a kiss on the cheek before leaving for work around 7 a.m., and suspects she did that the same day she died, although he can't remember for sure.

“She was always excited to do her job and do it well,” Freddy says, noting that Devrey “rarely ever” complained about work.

The day after Devrey’s death, Freddy stated in a post on his Instagram Stories that “there was no malfunction” prior to the incident.

He said Devrey was conducting her final jump of the day when she noticed the dust devils and got caught in one. “It then sent her canopy in an uncontrolled spin to the ground,” he explained.

Freddy claimed his wife “was not in pain” after the incident and that she was “unconscious but breathing” immediately after the fall. She was transported to a local hospital, where she later died.

Freddy tells PEOPLE he wants the family of the student to know that he is “truly sorry for what happened," but that he's "glad that she got to share the last conversation with Devrey ever."

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Some of the things he loved the most about Debrey were her “contagious” laughs, “comforting” hugs, and how “genuine and wholesome” she was with anyone she spoke to.

“She never disliked anybody,” he recalls. “She was always one you can go and talk to no matter what it was. She would always sit down and talk to you. You were one of her favorite people, and that was just the tip of the iceberg with her."

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Freddy also has “so many” good memories from his five-year relationship with Devrey — from taking her out to fancy dinners and “spending every day together” to the smaller moments, like when she scratched his head while he was laying on her lap shortly after they first met.

“Not a lot of couples can say that their relationship was perfect, but I knew mine was because we only had one argument our entire five years together,” he tells PEOPLE.

Nearly $60,000 has been raised through a GoFundMe campaign set up by Devrey's family to help transport her back to Maine. The remaining sum will be donated to Devrey's favorite charities.

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