Jerry & Imogene Mask

Jerry Lee Mask, 72 years old and his wife Imogene ?Babe? (Acree) Mask, 67 years old both passed from this life Monday, January 5, 2009 at Norman Regional Hospital. Jerry was residing in the Norman Veterans Home and Imogene was a resident of Whispering Pines Nursing Center in Norman. Their Lord called them both home on the same day with each of them dying of natural causes. Jerry was born February 11, 1936 in Magnum, Oklahoma to parents Ira Mask and Laverne (Parsons) Mask. Imogene was born November 13, 1941 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Loy Acree and Veral (Raper) Acree.rnrnImogene graduated from Maud High School in 1959 and Jerry had enlisted in the United States Army after High School where he served our Country earning the rank of Sergeant and the National Defense Medal as well as the Marksman (Rifle M-14) Medal. Imogene and Jerry married on June 4, 1960 in Munich, Germany.rnrnFollowing Jerry?s military carrier he and Imogene made their home in Shawnee, Oklahoma where together they owned and operated ?Jerry?s Upholstery Shop? on MacArthur Street in Shawnee, Oklahoma until their retirement in 2004.rnrnThey are survived by their loving family, which includes one daughter, Jennifer Carron of Newalla, Oklahoma and four grandchildren, Jeffery Brent, Cassie Nicole, Whitney Paige and Nathan Shane.rnrnOther survivors include Jerry?s brother, James Mask of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Imogene?s ?Babe?s? four brothers and sisters-in-law, Stanley Curtis ?Stan? & Carrol Acree of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Sammy Kaye ?Sam? & Jackie Acree of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Danny Ray ?Dee? & Debra Acree of Granbury, Texas; sister-in-law, Rosemary Acree of Corsicana, Texas; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Janette Johnson of Buna, Texas and Vera Dean ?Midge? & Lee Richards of Maud, Oklahoma. A host of other family and dear friends also survive them.rnrnThe couple is preceded in death by their parents; one son, Jeffery Lee Mask who died in 1980 and Imogene?s brother, James Dewitt ?Jim? Acree who died in 1997.rnrnGraveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 9, 2009 at Cummings Cemetery in Maud, Oklahoma. Tom Hall will officiate the service.rnrnServices are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home in Maud, Oklahoma.rn Funeral Information: January 8, 2009, 2:00 AM