ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: MASON, MURIEL ANN OLSON 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Bagnell & Son Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died: Monday, December 1, 2014

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MASON, MURIEL ANN OLSON 
Thu., Jul. 7, 1927 - Mon., Dec. 1, 2014

Muriel Ann Olson Mason, 93, passed away peacefully Monday, December 1, 2014 at 
Heritage Manor in Mandeville, LA.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois to Harold and Agnes Olson in 1921.  

Muriel graduated high school in Moorestown, NJ and then attended Tusculum 
College in TN until WWII.  As a volunteer for the USO, she met John L. Mason at 
a dance, wrote him during the war, and married him upon his return.  They lived 
in New Orleans, New York, and Annapolis, MD until his death in 1991.  She then 
spent a few years with her sister in Tucson before joining her son, Dr. John D. 
“Sandy” Mason and his wife, Caroline, in Mandeville, LA after his retirement 
from the Navy.

She was a wonderful and devoted housewife and mother as well as Sunday school 
teacher, volunteer, and antique shop proprietor.  She loved politics and 
American history, especially about the Native-Americans and presidential first 
ladies.  Her recurrent phrase was “I want to know”.

Muriel is survived by her son, John D. Mason, his wife, and several nieces and 
nephews.

A small private family service was held in the Chapel of Bagnell & Son Funeral 
Home, Covington, LA on Friday, December 5, 2014.  

A future service will be held when she is interred at the Columbarium at 
Arlington National Cemetery, where she will join her deceased husband.

Memorial contributions may be made to: USO World Headquarters, 2111 Wilson 
Blvd., Ste. 1200, Arlington, VA 22201.

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