Jo Ann Patterson Mason

Jo Ann Patterson Mason, 83, of Dover died Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Inn at Northwood in Dover.

Born January 10, 1931 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Mervin and Helen Harvey Lahmers. Jo Ann was also preceded in death by her son, Craig Patterson.

She was a 1949 graduate of Dover High School and a 1950 graduate of the Anson L. Brown School for Lab Technicians in Columbus. Jo Ann was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the St. Joe Seniors, Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority and the Union Country Club Women's Golf Association. She was an avid golfer who also enjoyed playing cards and gardening. Jo Ann was a determined woman who never let failing eyesight prevent her from living a full and active life.

Jo Ann is survived by her husband, Robert Mason whom she married on November 1, 2006; step children, Julie (Paul) Bouza of Westerville, Ohio, Stacy (Rick) Milazzo of Seven Fields, Pennsylvania and Steve Mason of Sunbury, Ohio; five step grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be held on Friday, July 18 at 10:30 am in the St. Joseph Catholic Church with Fr. Jimmy Hatfield officiating. Interment will be in the Ridgecrest Memory Garden. Friends can call in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home and Crematory at Dover on Friday from 9:30 to 10:15 am. Those wishing to express their fondest memories of Jo Ann may do so by visiting the on line obituaries and flowers link on the funeral homes website.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church or to Community Hospice.