Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mason, Rita M. (Sonday) 2015 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 15, 2019, 4:25 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 24 Apr 2015 Rita M. Mason of Clarksville, Michigan, has gone to be with our Lord in Savior on April 22, 2015, at age 87. She was born Jan. 16, 1928, to Edward and Anna (Heyer) Sonday in Portland, Michigan. She joins her husband Thomas C. Mason whom she married April 12, 1947. She is survived by her eight children, Edward Mason and friend Rhonda of Clarksville, Joseph Mason and friend Jan of Clarksville, Rose (James) Miles of Six Lakes, Judy Woodman of Arkansas, John (Stub) Mason and friend Vicki Warner of Saranac, Kathy Mason-Davis and friend Ron of Morley, Mary (Mark) Castle of Freeport and Marie (Joseph) Boyd of Belding. She is also survived by three brothers, Leon (Alice) Sonday of Portland, Gerald (Gertie) Sonday of Portland, James (Marsha) Sonday of Grand Ledge and sister-in-law Rita Weber-Sonday. She has several grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren along with several nieces and nephews that she adored and loved to spend time with each and everyone of them. Rita retired from Amway Corporation and enjoyed crocheting, gardening and just spending time with family. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, April 25, 2 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Saranac. The family will receive friends on Friday 4-7 at Lake Funeral Home in Saranac with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Pallbearers will be grandsons Edward Mason Jr., Travis Mason, Robert Reynolds Jr., Thomas Weeks, Joshua Parks, and James Miller. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mason9705gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb