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John Mason Obituary
In 1956, John served his country in the U.S.A.F.; serving four active years and two years in reserve. He married Barbara (Hammes) in 1959, together they had five children, Valerie, Perry, Karen, Brian and Melinda.
John had lived in Illinois briefly where he was a carpenter and worked various other jobs. In 1961, he moved his family back to Minnesota and in 1966 John was elected to Chief of Police for the city of Moorehead, Minn. He later worked with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Minneapolis. In 1974, John moved his family to Alexandria, Minn. where he worked for the Alexandria Technical College as a Law Enforcement Instructor. John retired in 1993; he moved back to Virginia to take care of his mother, who passed away in 2003. John is survived by his five children, fifteen grand-children and three great- grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at the Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, Va. A graveside service will be held at Culpeper National Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 4, 2010. Online condolences may be made at moserfuneralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Culpeper StarExponent.
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christa duckworth
December 18, 2010
Mr. Mason was our kind neighbor. After the heavy snow we had in early 2010, Mr. Mason quietly walked up the hill to our home with his snowplow and secretly plowed our driveway. When I thanked him, he gently acknowledge my small children and told me it was "my pleasure." We left for a family vacation in Florida, and when we returned we learned that his home was for sale. I'm saddened to say that it wasn't until recently, that we learned of his passing. My family would like to extrend our heart-felt condolences to his family. We are so very sorry for your loss.
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