Icel Roseborough Mason Obituary (1921 - 2005)

Icel Roseborough Mason died on February 19, 2005 following an extended illness. She was born December 27, 1921 in St. Anthony, Idaho. The daughter of Irl Roseborough and Arvilla Cotterell Roseborough. She graduated from St. Anthony High School and attended L.D.S. Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Weston Mason on September 27, 1941. After World War II they resided in Trinidad, Denver and Fort Collins, Colorado where she worked as a secretary for the Department of Agriculture and an insurance company. In 1952 they moved to Ogden, Utah and she began a 35-year career with First Security Bank. The last seven years of that employment were in the corporate offices in Salt Lake City, where she retired in 1987 as Administrative Assistant to the President of the Corporation. During her working years she served as Secretary and then as Chairperson of the Women's Committee for the Northern Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Banking. She was active in both Red Cross and Muscular Dystrophy drives, served on the Board of United Fund of Ogden and was secretary of Wasatch Snowmobiler's Assn. While working in Salt Lake City she was secretary to the Wasatch Group National Association of Bank Women and was an auxiliary member of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. She served on the committee for the Gina Bachauer Piano competition. After retirement she took care of her ill husband until his death in 1989. She then took up stamp collecting and learned to play the organ. These hobbies brought her great pleasure. She loved people and spent much time looking after the needs of some shut-ins. Her strong philosophy of life was, "If you can't have what you want, then want what you have!" Surviving are her beloved daughter Carolyn and son-in-law William Christian of Santa Fe, New Mexico; two step-brothers, Gerald Clark of St. Anthony and Junior (Darleen) Clark of Rexburg, Idaho and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, step-mother, two brothers and a step-sister. Everyone who knew Icel loved her and will miss her very much. She made friends wherever she went with her sparkling humor and her love of life and of people. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 February 25, 2005 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ServiceMyers Mortuary of Ogden 845 Washington Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 February 26, 2005 11:00 AM CemeteryMyers Evergreen Memorial Park 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 February 26, 2005