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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  April 26, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/s/ James R. Fitterling
	Print Name:  James R. Fitterling

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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  April 25, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/s/ James B. Meyer
	Print Name:  James B. Meyer

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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  April 25, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  April 25, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/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 Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, 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:  May 1, 2012	/s/ Franklin C. Wheatlake
	Print Name:  Franklin C. Wheatlake