Patricia A. (Hewson) Mason

Ogunquit, Maine - Patricia A. Mason, of 9 Stoneybrook Drive, passed away on Wednesday  December 6, 2022. 

She was born October 30, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Franklin N. and Margaret (Patrick) Hewson. She attended local school there and graduated from Upper Darby High School.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Home Economics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York with a major in Food and Nutrition.

    She has been employed by the Philadelphia Gas Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Food Specialties, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts; Colonial Stores, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; General Foods, Inc., White Plains, New York; and Manning, Selvage & Lee Public Relations in New York, NY. While in New York City, she was active in her professional organization, Home Economics in Business and served as its president.

    After retiring to Maine with her husband in 1983, she joined the Ogunquit Women’s Club and served as its president, Delivered Meals on Wheels, worked at Christmas Dove in Perkins Cove, wrote the cooking column for York County Coast Star, called Creative Cooking for 23 years, she volunteered on the Ogunquit Performing Arts Committee for many years and was serving as co-chair woman at the time of her passing, and she was a benefactor to many local and national charities throughout the years. 

 Memorial Contributions may be made to the Animal Welfare society of your choice. 

 A Celebration of Life will be held from 2 to 4pm on Sunday, May 21st in the Old Village Inn, 250 Main St., Ogunquit, Maine.   

Interment will take place at 12:30pm on Wednesday, May 24th in Strong Cemetery, Strong, Maine.

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