MASON,
Marilyn Jean
(Maiden Name: Nuckolls)
Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ -
Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2014 -
Marilyn Jean Mason, age 88 passed away Nov. 13, 2014 peacefully at home
in Lake Havasu City. Marilyn was born Aug. 3, 1926 in Illiopolis, Ill.
She is the daughter of the late Vernon Fawcett Nuckolls and Margaret
Helen Slonaker.
Marilyn married Howard Eugene Mason, Dec. 30, 1945 in Galesburg, Ill.;
they were happily married for 67 years. Marilyn lived in Galesburg, Ill.
until 1951. They later made their way to California before settling in
Lake Havasu City in 1976.
Marilyn was the president of Soroptimist International of Havasu in the
late 80s.
Marilyn enjoyed cooking, hobbies and entertaining people. She also loved
family reunions.
Marilyn is survived by daughter, Judy Ann Gauthier of Lake Havasu City;
brothers, Rickie Eugene Mason of Sutherlin, Ore. and Howard Eugene Mason
Jr. of La Verne, Calif. She is also survived by six grandchildren and
twenty great-grandchildren.
Marilyn is preceded in death by her husband Howard Eugene Mason Sr. and
parents, Vernon and Margaret Nuckolls.
Services will be at 11 a.m., Monday at Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home, 21
Riviera Blvd. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral
Home and Crematory.
Thoughts and condolences may be sent to Marilyn’s family at www.lietz-
frazefuneralhome.com.