EXHIBIT 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  August 31, 2008	/s/ Gary E. Anderson
	Print Name: Gary E. Anderson

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  September 10, 2008	/s/ J. Daniel Bernson
	Print Name: J. Daniel Bernson

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  September 2, 2008	/s/ Nancy Bowman
	Print Name: Nancy Bowman

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  September 8, 2008	/s/ James A. Currie
	Print Name: James A. Currie

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  August 29, 2008	/s/ Thomas T. Huff
	Print Name: Thomas T. Huff

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  September 7, 2008	/s/ Michael T. Laethem
	Print Name: Michael T. Laethem

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  September 3, 2008	/s/ Geoffery E. Merszei
	Print Name: Geoffery E. Merszei

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  August 29, 2008	/s/ Terence F. Moore
	Print Name: Terence F. Moore

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  October 2, 2008	/s/ Aloysius J. Oliver
	Print Name: Aloysius J. Oliver

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  August 29, 2008	/s/ Larry D. Stauffer
	Print Name: Larry D. Stauffer

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  August 30, 2008	/s/ William S. Stavropoulos
	Print Name: William S. Stavropoulos

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Chemical Financial Corporation, does hereby appoint DAVID B. RAMAKER and LORI A. GWIZDALA, and either of them severally, his or her attorney or attorneys with full power of substitution to execute in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, as the case may be, of Chemical Financial Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Chemical Financial Corporation for the Chemical Financial Corporation Directors' Deferred Stock Plan, and any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Date:  September 5, 2008	/s/ Franklin C. Wheatlake
	Print Name: Franklin C. Wheatlake