Judy Lynn Mason, 69 of Wendell, Idaho passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013 at North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding, Idaho.
She was born June 11, 1943 to Harold C. and Edna Bushnell Weaver in Eureka, CA, and graduated from Eureka High in 1961.
Upon graduation, Judy enlisted and served in the USWAC from 1961-1963. Trained in Telecommunications & Cryptography in the Army Signal Corps,she was later stationed at FT. Mason, San Francisco.
From 1966 – 2004, she resided in Fremont, CA where her children, William Smith and Teresa McCall were raised. She became a member of the prestigious Fremont Frosters' Cake Decorating Club in 1979, & became their 1st Lifetime Member.
Her work history included working in the mail room, then Engineering and eventually in Production Control of NUMMI, in Fremont. CA - (joint venture of Toyota/GM & only Auto plant on West Coast) for a little over 11 Years) and her uniform is hanging in the American History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute where she always hoped someday her grandchildren will visit.
Judy owned and operated The Party Arts House from 1991-2003. She was the 3rd owner of the business purchased from good friend Maxine Northon who had purchased it from the original owners, Kitty Fontaine, Pat Ritchie and daughter Susan. There she made many friendships and wonderful memories.
She retired in spring of 2004 to Wendell, Idaho. There she became a member of the GPAA, Snake River Region Chapter of Gold Prospectors. It was following her retirement that she met the love of her life Vernon Mason. They were married on September 1, 2011. Together they learned to enjoy new found youth in their many adventures together.
Surviving Judy is her loving husband, Vern Mason, of Wendell, ID; two sisters, Sally Thompson and Betty Janke; two brothers, Jack Weaver and Ronald "Skeeter" (Donna) Weaver, of Tyler, TX; her children: Teresa (Gordon) McCall, Orangevale, CA and William Smith, Kalispell, MT; grandchildren: Miles Cass, Orangevale, CA, Joshua Jarrett & Ashlyn Smith, Kalispell, MT; great-grandchildren: Levi, Jessie, and Connor; stepchildren: Danny (LeAnn) Mason, of Wendell, Verna K. (Ralph) Angtsmann, of Meridian, ID, Ted (Cindy) Mason, of Meridian, Ann (Matt) Jackson, of Grants Pass, OR; seven stepgrandchildren: Brandy, Brook (Steve), Ryan, Alicia (Ralph), Aliana, Brandon, and Jenna; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Harold C. Weaver; mother, Edna; and brothers-in-law, Fred Janke & Monte Thompson.
A Celebration of Judy's life will be held Monday, February 25, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Parke's Magic Valley Wendell ~ Gooding Chapel 380 1st Avenue East, Wendell, ID.
Private Inurnment will be held at Dry Creek Veteran's Cemetery in Boise, Idaho at a later date.
She was born June 11, 1943 to Harold C. and Edna Bushnell Weaver in Eureka, CA, and graduated from Eureka High in 1961.
Upon graduation, Judy enlisted and served in the USWAC from 1961-1963. Trained in Telecommunications & Cryptography in the Army Signal Corps,she was later stationed at FT. Mason, San Francisco.
From 1966 – 2004, she resided in Fremont, CA where her children, William Smith and Teresa McCall were raised. She became a member of the prestigious Fremont Frosters' Cake Decorating Club in 1979, & became their 1st Lifetime Member.
Her work history included working in the mail room, then Engineering and eventually in Production Control of NUMMI, in Fremont. CA - (joint venture of Toyota/GM & only Auto plant on West Coast) for a little over 11 Years) and her uniform is hanging in the American History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute where she always hoped someday her grandchildren will visit.
Judy owned and operated The Party Arts House from 1991-2003. She was the 3rd owner of the business purchased from good friend Maxine Northon who had purchased it from the original owners, Kitty Fontaine, Pat Ritchie and daughter Susan. There she made many friendships and wonderful memories.
She retired in spring of 2004 to Wendell, Idaho. There she became a member of the GPAA, Snake River Region Chapter of Gold Prospectors. It was following her retirement that she met the love of her life Vernon Mason. They were married on September 1, 2011. Together they learned to enjoy new found youth in their many adventures together.
Surviving Judy is her loving husband, Vern Mason, of Wendell, ID; two sisters, Sally Thompson and Betty Janke; two brothers, Jack Weaver and Ronald "Skeeter" (Donna) Weaver, of Tyler, TX; her children: Teresa (Gordon) McCall, Orangevale, CA and William Smith, Kalispell, MT; grandchildren: Miles Cass, Orangevale, CA, Joshua Jarrett & Ashlyn Smith, Kalispell, MT; great-grandchildren: Levi, Jessie, and Connor; stepchildren: Danny (LeAnn) Mason, of Wendell, Verna K. (Ralph) Angtsmann, of Meridian, ID, Ted (Cindy) Mason, of Meridian, Ann (Matt) Jackson, of Grants Pass, OR; seven stepgrandchildren: Brandy, Brook (Steve), Ryan, Alicia (Ralph), Aliana, Brandon, and Jenna; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Harold C. Weaver; mother, Edna; and brothers-in-law, Fred Janke & Monte Thompson.
A Celebration of Judy's life will be held Monday, February 25, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Parke's Magic Valley Wendell ~ Gooding Chapel 380 1st Avenue East, Wendell, ID.
Private Inurnment will be held at Dry Creek Veteran's Cemetery in Boise, Idaho at a later date.
Judy Lynn Mason, 69 of Wendell, Idaho passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013 at North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding, Idaho.
She was born June 11, 1943 to Harold C. and Edna Bushnell Weaver in Eureka, CA, and graduated from Eureka High in 1961.
Upon graduation, Judy enlisted and served in the USWAC from 1961-1963. Trained in Telecommunications & Cryptography in the Army Signal Corps,she was later stationed at FT. Mason, San Francisco.
From 1966 – 2004, she resided in Fremont, CA where her children, William Smith and Teresa McCall were raised. She became a member of the prestigious Fremont Frosters' Cake Decorating Club in 1979, & became their 1st Lifetime Member.
Her work history included working in the mail room, then Engineering and eventually in Production Control of NUMMI, in Fremont. CA - (joint venture of Toyota/GM & only Auto plant on West Coast) for a little over 11 Years) and her uniform is hanging in the American History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute where she always hoped someday her grandchildren will visit.
Judy owned and operated The Party Arts House from 1991-2003. She was the 3rd owner of the business purchased from good friend Maxine Northon who had purchased it from the original owners, Kitty Fontaine, Pat Ritchie and daughter Susan. There she made many friendships and wonderful memories.
She retired in spring of 2004 to Wendell, Idaho. There she became a member of the GPAA, Snake River Region Chapter of Gold Prospectors. It was following her retirement that she met the love of her life Vernon Mason. They were married on September 1, 2011. Together they learned to enjoy new found youth in their many adventures together.
Surviving Judy is her loving husband, Vern Mason, of Wendell, ID; two sisters, Sally Thompson and Betty Janke; two brothers, Jack Weaver and Ronald "Skeeter" (Donna) Weaver, of Tyler, TX; her children: Teresa (Gordon) McCall, Orangevale, CA and William Smith, Kalispell, MT; grandchildren: Miles Cass, Orangevale, CA, Joshua Jarrett & Ashlyn Smith, Kalispell, MT; great-grandchildren: Levi, Jessie, and Connor; stepchildren: Danny (LeAnn) Mason, of Wendell, Verna K. (Ralph) Angtsmann, of Meridian, ID, Ted (Cindy) Mason, of Meridian, Ann (Matt) Jackson, of Grants Pass, OR; seven stepgrandchildren: Brandy, Brook (Steve), Ryan, Alicia (Ralph), Aliana, Brandon, and Jenna; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Harold C. Weaver; mother, Edna; and brothers-in-law, Fred Janke & Monte Thompson.
A Celebration of Judy's life will be held Monday, February 25, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Parke's Magic Valley Wendell ~ Gooding Chapel 380 1st Avenue East, Wendell, ID.
Private Inurnment will be held at Dry Creek Veteran's Cemetery in Boise, Idaho at a later date.
She was born June 11, 1943 to Harold C. and Edna Bushnell Weaver in Eureka, CA, and graduated from Eureka High in 1961.
Upon graduation, Judy enlisted and served in the USWAC from 1961-1963. Trained in Telecommunications & Cryptography in the Army Signal Corps,she was later stationed at FT. Mason, San Francisco.
From 1966 – 2004, she resided in Fremont, CA where her children, William Smith and Teresa McCall were raised. She became a member of the prestigious Fremont Frosters' Cake Decorating Club in 1979, & became their 1st Lifetime Member.
Her work history included working in the mail room, then Engineering and eventually in Production Control of NUMMI, in Fremont. CA - (joint venture of Toyota/GM & only Auto plant on West Coast) for a little over 11 Years) and her uniform is hanging in the American History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute where she always hoped someday her grandchildren will visit.
Judy owned and operated The Party Arts House from 1991-2003. She was the 3rd owner of the business purchased from good friend Maxine Northon who had purchased it from the original owners, Kitty Fontaine, Pat Ritchie and daughter Susan. There she made many friendships and wonderful memories.
She retired in spring of 2004 to Wendell, Idaho. There she became a member of the GPAA, Snake River Region Chapter of Gold Prospectors. It was following her retirement that she met the love of her life Vernon Mason. They were married on September 1, 2011. Together they learned to enjoy new found youth in their many adventures together.
Surviving Judy is her loving husband, Vern Mason, of Wendell, ID; two sisters, Sally Thompson and Betty Janke; two brothers, Jack Weaver and Ronald "Skeeter" (Donna) Weaver, of Tyler, TX; her children: Teresa (Gordon) McCall, Orangevale, CA and William Smith, Kalispell, MT; grandchildren: Miles Cass, Orangevale, CA, Joshua Jarrett & Ashlyn Smith, Kalispell, MT; great-grandchildren: Levi, Jessie, and Connor; stepchildren: Danny (LeAnn) Mason, of Wendell, Verna K. (Ralph) Angtsmann, of Meridian, ID, Ted (Cindy) Mason, of Meridian, Ann (Matt) Jackson, of Grants Pass, OR; seven stepgrandchildren: Brandy, Brook (Steve), Ryan, Alicia (Ralph), Aliana, Brandon, and Jenna; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Harold C. Weaver; mother, Edna; and brothers-in-law, Fred Janke & Monte Thompson.
A Celebration of Judy's life will be held Monday, February 25, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Parke's Magic Valley Wendell ~ Gooding Chapel 380 1st Avenue East, Wendell, ID.
Private Inurnment will be held at Dry Creek Veteran's Cemetery in Boise, Idaho at a later date.
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