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Rebecca Jane Mason 1940-2025

LIBERTY -- Rebecca Jane Mason, 84, passed away late Friday evening, April 4, 2025, at Shepherd of the Valley in Liberty.

Rebecca was born on July 23, 1940, in Youngstown, a daughter of Richard S. and Martha Jane Kerchgessner Bloomingdale.

She was working at Ohio Edison as a secretary when she met her future husband, Thomas Richard Mason. Rebecca and Thomas married June 26, 1965, at Zion Lutheran Church in New Middletown. She would later work as a secretary in the Springfield Local School District.

Rebecca was a supportive mom who wanted only the best for her four children. She was active in the church and served as a councilwoman in New Middletown. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She leaves to cherish her memory, two sons, Thomas G. (Kim) Mason and Tedmund R. (Nicole) Mason; two daughters, Teri (Michael) Aber and Tricia (Mark) Mulcahy; and eight grandchildren Amanda, Zachary and Tyler Aber, Tyler and Tim Schultz and Alexandra, Alaina and June Mason.

Rebecca was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas, who passed away Aug. 23, 1990; and two brothers, Richard and Dennis G. Bloomingdale.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at Zion Lutheran Church, 10837 Main St., New Middletown.

The family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2025, and 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, at the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations may be made to Zion Lutheran Church.

The family would like to thank caregivers at Shepherd of the Valley and Compassus Hospice for the loving care of "Ms. Becky."

The family has entrusted Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Home in Columbiana with the arrangements for their loved one. Family and friends are invited to visit www.seederly-mongandbeck.com to sign the guestbook or send private condolences.

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