Leah Mason Jonson

   Leah Mason Jonson, 78, of 109 Yeopim Circle, Hertford, NC, died Friday, February 9, 2018 in her home.

  
   Born March 25, 1939 in Lancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dudley Mayo and Marjorie Cook Mason. A graduate of Manheim Township High School, she attended Pennsylvania State University, and then pursued a career in medical administration in which she had been employed with Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, CA, University of California-San Diego Medical Center in San Diego, CA, and Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.   A member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church where she was active with the Episcopal Church Women and sang in the choir, she also enjoyed membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the George Durant Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century, the Swing and a Prayer Trio, and was a founding member of the Albemarle Chorale.

  
   Surviving are her husband of 33 years, Carl Egerton Jonson; children, Jon James, Jr. of Pensacola, FL, Janelle James of Nashville, TN, Karen Fioramonti and husband William of Boone, Christine Pierce and husband Roger of Richmond, VA, and Craig Jonson and wife Nina of Raleigh; sisters, Suzanne Butler of Aurora, CO and Fay Morton and husband James of Lincoln, AL; and grandchildren, Daniel Fioramonti of Greensboro, David Fioramonti of Ellicott City, MD, Kiera Jonson of Raleigh, and Michael Koehnen of Yakima, WA.

  
   A memorial service will be held Friday, February 16, at 11:00 a.m. in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and will be conducted by The Rev. Robert W. Beauchamp. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family in the parish hall of the church immediately following the service on Friday.

  
   In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her memory may be made to the choir fund of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 207 South Church St., Hertford, NC 27944 or to the Albemarle Chorale, 121 Windsor Lane, Edenton, NC 27932.

  
   Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral and Cremation Providers, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, is assisting the family with arrangements, and online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.