William Boyd Mason

Soda Springs, ID - William Boyd Mason, 84, died Wednesday March 24, at the Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs of heart failure. Boyd was born September 8, 1925 in Garland, UT the son of William Bradbury and Lillian Rosetta Harris Mason. He was reared and educated in Tremonton graduating, from Bear River High School and attended Utah State College in Logan.
Boyd served in the US Navy during WWII. Boyd married June Rohde June 24, 1955 in Tremonton, UT and lived in Soda Springs, ID for the past 60 years.
Boyd was a business man selling paint, war surplus and automobiles. In 1950 he and Hal Rhead bought the tractor dealership in Soda Springs. Boyd and June purchased the Brigham Young Lodge in Soda. He loved selling anything and everything. After purchasing the Brigham Young Lodge in 1975, Boyd and Hal went into real estate.
As an active civic member, Boyd served in the Lions Club, Kiwanis Club and the LDS Church. He loved participating in community plays.
Surviving are his wife, June of Soda Springs, and four daughters: Bobbie Ann Brad Egbert, San Francisco, CA; Marchell Jay Baker, West Lafayette, IN; Wendy Kevin Johnson, Highland, UT and Camille Lillian Mason, Irwin, TX. Also surviving are 16 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers: Earl, Shirt, Paul, Jack, Max and Ross.
Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 29, 2010 at the Soda Springs 3rd Ward, 290 South 3rd West, Soda Springs, ID with Bishop Jerry Taylor officiating. A viewing will be held Sunday, March 28, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Simms Funeral Home, 139 East 2nd South, Soda Springs, ID and Monday at the church from 9:30-10:40 a.m.. Interment will be in the Tremonton Riverview Cemetery, 1200 South 100 East, Tremonton, UT with military honors at 3:30 p.m. Services under direction of Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, Tremonton.