Carrie Mason

Carrie Anne Buettner Mason, 94, of Ammon, Idaho, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland, passed away June 28, 2013, at Good Samaritan Skilled Nursing Facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho, of age related complications. Carrie was born August 27, 1918, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Julius Robert Buettner, originally from Freisian Isles, Germany, and Carrie Blanche Virginia Wentz Buettner of Westminster, Maryland. She attended Western High School in Baltimore, where she graduated in 1933. She earned several business certificates from Baltimore City School and Baltimore Community College during her business career spanning 70+ years. Carrie’s career achievements include 30 years with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, progressing from an operator on the manual switchboard to administrative assistance for a Vice President; a private secretary to Mrs. Ryda Hecht Levi; an administrative assistant at St. Mary’s Seminary; and 28 years as the administrative assistant and office manager at the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs. Carrie was appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland to serve as a member of the Baltimore City Foster Care Review Board, 1985 - 1989. During Fort McHenry’s “1776” bicentennial celebration, she dedicated hundreds of hours to assist the National Park Service. She took pride in being a member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), Greater Baltimore Chapter, and its predecessor Professional Secretaries International since 1964. In 2008, Carrie received an IAAP Certification of Appreciation and a TORCH AWARD for “Leading the Way to Excellence” in her profession from the Delaware-Maryland-District of Columbia Division of the IAAP. In support of her telephone company service, Carrie fully supported and was a lifetime member of the telephone employees PIONEERS volunteer network and the Association of BelTel Retirees. She also was involved with the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees (NARVRE). Following her faith and other joys, she was a lifelong member of the St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church on 36th Street in Baltimore’s Hampden community. During her short stay with her son in Ammon, Idaho, she was warmly received and fellowshipped at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Carrie found great joy in the symphony orchestra, the arts, stage productions, dancing, gardening and reading. Carrie is survived by her son, Captain Drew Wentz Beasley, U.S. Navy (ret.) of Ammon, ID; granddaughters: Jennifer Seegmiller of Moscow, ID; Carrie Hansen of Perry, UT; Kimberly Rupe of Lithia, FL; and Rachel Butler of Bremerton, WA; grandson, Jeremy Beasley of Chubbuck, ID; and 20 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother Robert Buettner; and three husbands, Millard Robert Beasley, Louis Vernon Schott, and Lynn Randolph Mason. Viewing and Memorial Services will be conducted from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 South Ammon Road. She will be returning to Baltimore and subsequently interred in ancestral surroundings at St. Benjamin’s / Kreider’s Cemetery in Westminster, Maryland.

Memorial Services -- Tuesday

6:30 - 8 p.m. ,Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Wood Funeral Home East Side 963 South Ammon Road Idaho Falls, ID 83406 Notes: Burial in St. Benjamin's / Kreider's Cemetery in Westminster, Maryland.