Carolyn Faye Mason

CAROLYN FAYE MASON December 13, 1955 - October 1, 2013 Carolyn Faye Mason, nee Rogers, was born in Peru, Indiana, to Wilbert Rogers and Hyland Allen Rogers. She was one of five children in an Air Force family, that traveled around the world, according to military necessity. Carolyn's father was a fighter pilot, then a test pilot, and finally a commercial airline pilot. The family finally settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which the family called home. Carolyn graduated from Donegal High School in 1973, in Mt. Joy, Pa. Soon after, she married and started a family of her own with the birth of her daughter, Breanna. Having developed a taste for travel as an Air Force "brat", Carolyn found a job with Chris Craft, selling high end power boats and yachts in Europe to customers from around the world. She had great stories to tell about her adventures in beautiful and exotic locales. Carolyn also had a passion for high performance automobiles and auto racing. She owned some fast cars as a teenager, and was lucky enough to have been offered a position by Emerson Fittipaldi, to handle secretarial and organizational duties with his racing team. This was a dream job...[more]

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r her, because it combined her love of auto sports with her passion for travel and excitement. Eventually she took a new position with the Miami Herald in its advertising department, and rose to a managerial level, and was named Employee of the Year in 2000. At the Herald, she was very highly regarded, and counted many friends among her co-workers and colleagues. When the commute to downtown Miami became too much, Carolyn accepted a position with the American Associates of Ben-Gurion University, the fund-raising arm of Ben-Gurion University of Beersheva, Israel. Her organizational skills and engaging personality helped the Hollywood office of the organization consistently achieve its fund-raising goals. Carolyn passed away suddenly, after a brief illness, on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. She is survived by her husband, Steven A. Mason, of Cooper City, her daughter, Breanna Weymer, of Raleigh, NC, her two beloved grandchildren, the twins, Tyler and Johanna, her brother, Grant Rogers, of Adamstown, PA, and her sister, Jennie Rogers, of Marietta, PA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Chris Rogers Gordon, and her brother, James Rogers. Services are scheduled for Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., at Fred Hunter's Funeral Home, 6301 Taft Street, Hollywood. Interment will be at the South Florida National Cemetery, 6501 St. Rd. 7, Lake Worth, FL, on Monday, October 7, 2013, at 1:15 p.m.