George D. Mason
George David Mason, 76, of New Brighton, Pa., died Monday, July 21, 2003, in the Ellwood City Hospital. Born March 7, 1927, in McClellandtown, Pa., he was a son of the late Sherman and Caroline Dressel Mason.
He was a member of the First Church of God, New Brighton; he was a former auxiliary policeman in New Brighton; he had been affiliated with the New Brighton Boys Club, Pennsylvania Association of the Blind, and the Lighthouse for the Blind in New Brighton; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was employed at St. Joseph Lead, where he worked in the zinc oxide department for 23 years, retiring in 1975.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred McCormick Mason, whom he married in September, 1946; four daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and William Altsman of New Brighton, Deborah and Charles Tangora of Chippewa Township, Cynthia and Henry Fosnaught of Darlington, and Michelle and Keith Heid of New Brighton; three sons and two daughters-in-law, David and Barbara Mason of New Brighton, Robert and Susan Mason of Minerva, Ohio, and James Mason of New Brighton; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a great great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Sara Anderson and two brothers, Sherman and Samuel Mason.
Friends will be received today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., in the CAMPBELL’S NEW BRIGHTON FUNERAL HOME, www.campbellfuneralhomes.com, 1133 Penn Avenue. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m., in the First Church of God, New Brighton, with his Pastor, Douglas E. Show, officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Daugherty Township. The Beaver County Special Unit will honor George with military honors at 12:30 p.m., at the cemetery.