
MASON CHARLES WALTER, Jr. MD Age 89, of State College, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Born February 27, 1926, in Pittsburgh, son of the late Charles Walter and Harriette Brennen Mason. On July 17, 1954, he married L. Coralee Hawley who survives. Also surviving are three children, Gail R. Mason of Palmdale, CA, Charles H. Mason and his wife, Sarah, of Spring Mills, and Robert J. Mason and his wife, Melissa, of Stormstown; one sister, Elizabeth McKelvey of Pittsburgh; four grandchildren, Kayla, Jared, David and Elijah. 1944 graduate of Westinghouse High School. He served in the U. S. Army Medical Corps during World War II. 1949 graduate Washington and Jefferson College. University of Pittsburgh Medical School in 1953. Served his internship at Columbia Hospital in Wilkinsburg. Dr. Mason had a private practice in Monroeville, PA from 1955-1978. From 1978-1991 he worked as a student health physician at the the Ritenour Health Center at Penn State. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m., on Friday, July 17, 2015, at KOCH FUNERAL HOME, 2401 South Atherton Street, State College. An additional visitation will be from 1 until 2 p.m., on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at the Park Forest United Methodist Church, 1833 Park Forest Ave., State College, A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. at the church, with the Reverends Lee Ellenberger and Wayne Hawley and his son, Chuck Mason officiating. Burial will be in Graysville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Park Forest United Methodist Church, 1833 Park Forest Ave., State College, PA 16803 or Mount Nittany Medical Center, Hospital Road, State College, PA 16803. Arrangements are under the care of Koch Funeral Home, State College. Online condolences and signing of the guest book may be entered at www.kochfuneralhome.com or visit us on Facebook. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb