Individual Details
Dorothy Victoria Mason
(24 Jul 1923 - 18 Nov 2009)
Dorothy Mason McKeon, 86, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Prayer service: 6:30 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Garden Chapel.
Dorothy was born July 24, 1923, in Panama, Okla., to Calvin and Lillie Mason. She was the matriarch of the family. She loved traveling and crafts, but she loved her family the most. Dorothy celebrated her last birthday with 72 family members present. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon T. McKeon.
Survivors: Children, Sylvia Parker of Weatherford and Thomas McKeon and wife, Donna, Dorothy McVoid and husband, Bill, and Nancy Smith and husband, Larry, all of Springtown; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Everett Mason and wife, Betty, of Newark; sisters, Ruth Bruner of Fort Worth and Viola Wallis of Reno; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Published in Star-Telegram on November 20, 2009
Dorothy McKeon Guest Book | View 2 of 11 Entries:
"Granny, It's been a year since you left us. I find myself thinking often of you and the things we have done. I know one day we will all be together again. I lover you Granny and miss you!" - Todd McVoid
"To Nancy Smith and her family, I am very sorry for your loss and I know you are all hurting right now. But what a wonderful place your Mother has gone to. And I pray you find comfort knowing that..." - Donald Ray Carter
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Wanda (Martin) Parris (Fort Worth, TX)
Karen McVoid Bigler (Lewisville, TX)
Lisa Parker Peeler (Ashland, MS)
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Prayer service: 6:30 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Garden Chapel.
Dorothy was born July 24, 1923, in Panama, Okla., to Calvin and Lillie Mason. She was the matriarch of the family. She loved traveling and crafts, but she loved her family the most. Dorothy celebrated her last birthday with 72 family members present. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon T. McKeon.
Survivors: Children, Sylvia Parker of Weatherford and Thomas McKeon and wife, Donna, Dorothy McVoid and husband, Bill, and Nancy Smith and husband, Larry, all of Springtown; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Everett Mason and wife, Betty, of Newark; sisters, Ruth Bruner of Fort Worth and Viola Wallis of Reno; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Published in Star-Telegram on November 20, 2009
Dorothy McKeon Guest Book | View 2 of 11 Entries:
"Granny, It's been a year since you left us. I find myself thinking often of you and the things we have done. I know one day we will all be together again. I lover you Granny and miss you!" - Todd McVoid
"To Nancy Smith and her family, I am very sorry for your loss and I know you are all hurting right now. But what a wonderful place your Mother has gone to. And I pray you find comfort knowing that..." - Donald Ray Carter
View Additional entries from:
Wanda (Martin) Parris (Fort Worth, TX)
Karen McVoid Bigler (Lewisville, TX)
Lisa Parker Peeler (Ashland, MS)
Events
| Birth | 24 Jul 1923 | Panama, Le Flore County, Oklahoma | |||
| Death | 18 Nov 2009 | Texas |  | ||
| Burial | Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Vernon Thomas McKeon (1920 - 1989) |
| Father | Calvin Lear Mason (1885 - 1944) |
| Mother | Lillie Francis Hood (1890 - 1988) |
| Sibling | William Fred Mason (1910 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Sylvia Ruth Irene "Mimi" Mason (1916 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Everett Calvin Mason (1926 - 2017) |
Endnotes
1. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGTM-NNR : 20 May 2014), Dorothy Victoria Mckeon, 18 Nov 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..
2. Find A Grave Memorial 44585107.