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Lived in Junction City, Kansas.
Was Liberty's optometrist for over three decades.
OBITUARY: The Liberty Tribune
Mildred Peace Mason
Mildred Peace Mason, 90, Liberty, died June 8, 2003, at Liberty Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at First Presbyterian Church. Cremation with burial in the family lot at Fairview Cemetery.
Mason, a proud descendant of Clay County pioneers, was born in Liberty on Nov. 29, 1912, to Joseph L. Mason and Virginia Courtney (Brining) Mason. An only child, Mason was reared in Liberty on the "Old Brining Place" near present-day North Gallatin Street and Skyline Drive.
The noted property remained in the Brining family for over 100 years.
Mason, whose father was Liberty's optometrist for over three decades, was educated in Liberty Public Schools. She graduated from Liberty High School in 1930 and William Jewell College in 1934. Upon the death of her mother in 1938, she moved to San Francisco, where she remained until the beginning of World War II. Wanting to contribute to the war effort, she joined the Red Cross, where she crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Mary and worked in hospitals in
Western England and in Wales. At the close of the war, she was deployed to military bases in Washington State. While there, she became active in Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson's campaign for the U.S. Senate. Upon his election, she accepted an offer to become his administrative assistant on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where she remained in this role for 35 years, retiring to Liberty in 1984. During her retirement, she traveled throughout Europe and volunteered at the Clay County Archives & Historical Library, as she was dedicated to the study and preservation of Liberty's history. She was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a cousin, Clyde Brown and his wife Waymuth of Wichita, Kan., and a longtime friend, Martha Gilmer Roberts of Liberty. With the passing of Miss Mason goes the final link to our community's early days. Old Liberty is gone.