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- Cape Vincent-- The funeral for Veva M Parkinson, 59, and her grandchildren, Tyler John Mason, 7, and Logan Ann Mason, 2, who died in a fire at Mrs Parkinson's home Aug 21, was held Thursday at the Cape Vincent Recreation Park building with the Rev Robert King officiating.
Private burial for Mrs Parkinson was in Prospect Cemetery. Private burial for the Mason children was in St Vincent de Paul’s Cemetery, Rosiere.
Mrs Parkinson was director of human resources at Stebbins Engineering at the time of her death. She was former manager of Jefferson National Bank's Small Business Administration loan department and former president of the Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce.
She was appointed this year to the Jefferson-Lewis Workforce investment Board, to a term running form July 1 to June 30, 2004.
Born May 1, 1942, in Prospect, daughter of Chester and Theta Miller Mack, she graduated from Holland Patent Central School and from Utica College of Syracuse University.
She married Stewart E Parkinson in September 1973. The couple had owned and operated Le Petit Ciel Mobile Home Park and River Ram Wool Farm, where they raised sheep and rabbits and spun the wool into yarn. Mr Parkinson died Feb 12, 1998. She had been married previously.
Surviving are a son, Frederick Robenski, Jr, Rome; a daughter Mrs John (Tamara) Mason, Cape Vincent; two sisters, Judith Lennox, Ilion, and Vaugh Fursman, Wolcott; three surviving grandchildren, Samantha Mason, Cape Vincent, and Timothy and Abigail Robenski, Rome, and two nieces.
Tyler John Mason was born Feb 16, 1994, in Carthage. He was a second-grader at Cape Vincent Elementary School and an avid race car fan.
Logan Ann Mason was born Oct 2, 1998, in Watertown.
Surviving besides their parents, John and Tamara Robenski Mason, are a sister, Samantha; paternal grandparents, Charlotte Mason and Neil Mason, both of Cape Vincent, maternal grandfather and step-grandmother, Fred and Kim Robenski, Rome, and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Donations may be made to the Cape Vincent Fire Department or Ambulance Fund.
Transcribed from the 22 Aug 2001, 1000 Island Sun, Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York.
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