Day Mason is the son of John Wesley Mason and Margaret Ethel Bibler.

Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1821-1962

-Name: Gertie Day Mason

-Gender: Male

-Birth Date: 30 Aug 1883

-Birthplace: Fairfield Co., Ohio

-Father: John Mason

-Mother: Maggie Bibler

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On 14 Feb 1904, Day Mason married Henrietta "Etta" Litten, the daughter of Jessie A. Mason, Jr. and Annetta Jane Torrence, in Fairfield County, Ohio.

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Day and Etta are known to have 8 children:

-Mildred Cecelia Hawkins (1904-1980)

-Ralph Elwood (1906-1973)

-Albert Arthur (1909-1971)

-Everett Eldon (1912-1913)

-Floyd Kenneth "Mose" (1914-1971)

-Loren Franklin (1917-1969)

-Marjorie Pauline Vandagriff (1919-1995)

-Glenna Jo Ann Dreisbach (1927-2008)

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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

-Name: Girtie Day Mason

-Age: 35

-Birth Date: 30 Aug 1883

-Occupation: Engineer

-Employer: Fairfield Paper Co.

-Nearest Relative: Henrietta Mason, wife

-Residence: Basil, Fairfield County, Ohio

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OHIO Death Certificate: 47851, Volume 15832

-Name: Gerty D Mason

-Gender: Male

-Death Date: 6 Jul 1959

-Age at Death: 75

-Marital Status: Married

-Death Place: Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio

OBITUARY

Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, Tuesday, 7 July 1959, page 2

Day Mason, 75. Baltimore died in Lancaster - Fairfield Hospital Monday, 11:50 a.m. He suffered a heart attack in his home Saturday and was removed to he hospital Sunday afternoon for treatment.

Mr. Mason was a retired employe of the Gaylord Container Corp. Crown Zellerbach Division, where he worked for 40 years.

Surviving Mr. Mason are his widow. Etta; four sons: Ralph and Kenneth, both of Baltimore, Albert of Lancaster, Loren of Whitehall; three daughters: Mrs. Mildred Hawkins, Columbus.

Mrs. Marjorie Vandagriff, Zanesville. Mrs. JoAnn Dreisibach, Whitehall; three brothers: Elmon of Thornville, William of Dayton, Carlton of Columbus; one sister, Rhea England, Columbus, 15 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren.

Services will be held Thursday, 2 p.m. in the Harold E. Weaver Funeral Home with the Rev John Wells officiating. Burial is to be made in Basil Cemetery. Friends may call at the Weaver funeral home any time.