Reba Mason Ide

Reba Mason Ide died Monday, September 29th at Knollwood Nursing Center after a brief illness. She was born in Princeton, MA on May 2, 1913, the daughter of Reginald T. and Maude-Alice (Stearns) Mason. A long-time resident of Shrewsbury, MA, she moved to Worcester ten years ago. Her husband, Claude A. Ide, and a sister, Vesta M. Ide, predeceased her.

She is survived by her daughter, Alta-Mae Butler and her husband, George of Boylston, MA and her son, Mason G. Ide and his wife, Barbara of Gorham, Maine. She leaves four grandchildren: David S. Butler and his wife, Lynn of Boylston, Deborah Buscema and her husband John of South Salem, New York, Cheryl L. Ide of Bailey, Colorado and Bryan Ide and his wife Michelle of Gray, Maine. She also leaves four great-grandchildren: Samuel and Mackenzie Butler and Pamela and Brandon Buscema. She is survived also by her sister, Norma M. Smith of Marlboro, Massachusetts and several nieces and nephews.

Reba graduated from Holden High School and Becker Business School and was a long-time employee of the former Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology located in Shrewsbury. She served as assistant treasurer of the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury in years past and held several leadership positions in the Women's Fellowship and the Prime Timers organization at the church also. She had been active in the Shrewsbury Girl Scout organization and the Shrewsbury Womens' Club.

A talented knitter and quilter, she was also an avid bridge player, a voracious reader and an enthusiastic Red Sox fan.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 3, at 10 a.m. at the First Congregational Church in Shrewsbury. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the First Congregational Church, Avis Kemp Scholarship Fund, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Caswell-King Funeral Home.