Carrie Anne Mason

Carrie was born August 27, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland to Julius Robert Buettner, originally from Freisian Isles, Germany, and Carrie Blanche Virginia Wentz of Westminster, Maryland. She attended Western High School in Baltimore, where she graduated in 1933. She also earned a number of business course certificates from Baltimore City School’s evening programs and Baltimore Community College during her business career spanning 70+ years.

Carrie’s primary career achievements include 30 years with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co, progressing from an operator on the manual switchboard to administrative assistance for a Vice President; a private secretary to Mrs. Ryda Hecht Levi; an administrative assistant at St. Mary’s Seminary; and 28 years as the administrative assistant and office manager at the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs.

Serving the community, Carrie was appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland to serve as a member of the Baltimore City Foster Care Review Board (Eastern Region Three) from 1985 - 1989. During Fort McHenry’s “1776” bicentennial celebration, she dedicated hundreds of hours to assist the National Park Service personnel in their preparations for the multi-faceted patriotic celebration.

Strengthening her life’s work, she took pride in being a member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), Greater Baltimore Chapter and its predecessor Professional Secretaries International since 1964. In 2008, Carrie received an IAAP Certification of Appreciation and a TORCH AWARD which signified “Leading the Way to Excellence” in her profession from the Delaware-Maryland-District of Columbia Division of the IAAP. In support of her telephone company service, Carrie fully supported and was a lifetime member of the telephone employees PIONEERS volunteer network and the Association of BelTel Retirees. She also was involved with the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees (NARVRE).

Following her faith and other joys, she was a lifelong member of the St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, on 36th Street in Baltimore’s Hampden community. During her short-stay with her son in Ammon, Idaho, she established additional church ties with the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Idaho Falls, Id. Carrie found great joy in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the arts, stage productions, dancing, gardening and reading.

Carrie is survived by her son Captain Drew Wentz Beasley, U.S. Navy (ret.) of Ammon, ID; granddaughters: Jennifer Seegmiller of Moscow, ID; Carrie Hansen of Perry, UT; Kimberly Rupe of Lithia, FL; and Rachel Butler of Bremerton, WA; grandson Jeremy Beasley of Chubbuck, ID; and 20 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother Robert Buettner; and three husbands, Millard Robert Beasley, Louis Vernon Schott (former Baltimore restaurateur of Schott’s and Baum’s restaurants in Baltimore), and Lynn Randolph Mason (former CONRAIL Safety Engineer and Realtor).

Following a viewing and a memorial service in Ammon, Idaho she will be returning to Baltimore whereupon a viewing and memorial services will be held with due notice given.In lieu of flowers, your kind contribution of remembrance may be sent to St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, W 36th Street and Chestnut Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, 21211; or The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, 401 E Pratt St, Ste 1611, Baltimore, MD, 21202.