Michael "Mike" Mason, 69, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, in Dallas. Funeral: 2 p.m. Friday at Acton United Methodist Church. Interment: Acton Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Wiley Funeral Home. Mike was born April 20, 1939, in Dayton, Ohio, to Kenneth Mason and Doris Nitz Mason. He married Virginia Lyon on June 3, 1961, in Chicago, Ill. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked as a nuclear quality inspector. Survivors: Wife, Virginia Mason of DeCordova; children, Michelle Berry of Granbury, Beth Miles of Granbury, Scott Mason of Greenville, S.C., and Clifford Lyon of Ladysmith, Wis.; brother, Phillip Mason of North Carolina; stepsisters, Nancy Olander of Golden, Colo., and Susan Osborn of California; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Published in the Star-Telegram on 12/4/2008 1957 (graduated elsewhere)