Herbert "Bud" L. Mason

HERBERT WAS BORN JULY 30, 1928 IN FREEPORT ILLINOIS TO LILLIAN FIELDS AND HUBERT MASON.

HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN FREEPORT ILLINOIS, HE JOINED THE NAVY AT THE AGE OF 15. WHILE IN THE NAVY HE GOT A FEVER THAT CAUSED A HEART MURMER, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO DIE AND BE RESUSCITATED. THAT CAUSED HIM TO BECOME 100 PERCENT DISABLED. WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BY RECEIVING HIS GED.

HE GOT A JOB AFTER THE NAVY IN VIRGINIA AT THE SHIP YARD WHERE HE GOT ASBESTOS IN HIS LUNGS, AND FROM THERE HE WENT TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HE GOT A JOB DELIVERING SPIRITS TO THE MOVIE ACTORS SO HE GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF THEM, AND FROM THERE HE WENT BACK TO ILLINOIS. WHERE HE MET HIS FIRST WIFE JANE JOHNSON AND THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN A DAUGHTER, CINDY AND 2 SONS STEVE AND SCOTT MASON.

HE MET MICHELE 9 YEARS LATER AND HE WAS WHAT GOD GAVE ME AND WHAT I HAD ASKED FOR. WE WERE 44 YEARS TOGETHER AND 42 YEARS MARRIED. I BROUGHT 3 SONS INTO THIS RELATIONSHIP PHILIPPE FURROW, PATRICK FURROW AND PAUL FURROW.

BUD DID NOT HAVE A HOBBIE. HE BELONGED TO SEVERAL CLUBS THE MOOSE LODGE, THE VFW AND THE LIONS CLUB.

HIS OTHER ACTIVITIES WERE WITH HIS WIFE AND SONS, PHILIPPE, PATRICK AND PAUL TRAVELED WITH TO FLORIDA TWICE A YEAR EASTER AND CHRISTMAS. WHEN THE BOYS LEFT THE HOME TO START THEIR MILITARY SERVICE, BUD AND MICHELE STARTED TO CRUISE. FOR 26 YEARS THEY WERE VIPS WITH CARNIVAL, HOLLAND AMERICA AND OTHER CRUISE LINES. WHEN THEY WHERE DONE WITH CRUISING THEY STARTED TO SEE THE WORLD, THEIR BEST TRIP WAS AFRICA, CHINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, ALASKA, CANADA.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS 3 CHILDREN CINDY SUMNER, STEVE MASON, SCOTT MASON; STEPSONS, PHILIPPE FURROW, PATRICK FURROW, AND PAUL FURROW.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT LEMON BAY FUNERAL HOME ON TUESDAY APRIL 6, 2021 AT 11:00 AM FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. BURIAL WILL BE PRIVATE AT GULF PINES MEMORIAL PARK.