Pam Mason Stanholz, Class of 1970, retired from University Hospital Center in Bridgeport after 42½ years as a lab technician.

She trained Belinda Straight Morris, daughter of Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955, of Rivesville, when Belinda was beginning her lab tech career at University Hospital Center.

It wasn’t that long ago that Pam had one of her infected kidneys removed.  

Her mother, Nedra Lucille Holbert Mason, lived with her and another daughter, Patricia Sue Mason Wells, Class of 1955, in Shinnston before passing away at the age of 103.

The late Richard Dean Mason was Patty and Pam’s brother.

Lucille was a member of Monongah Baptist Church for nearly half of the 200+ years of the congregation’s existence. She also was the Worthington town clerk for more than 30 years.

Patty is the widow of Lyndon Wells, Class of 1955, whose brother, Donnie Wells, set up a blind date for his Fairmont Westinghouse co-worker, David Straight, with another 1955 graduate, Jacqueline Olesky, who was in teacher Mildred Berry’s home room at Monongah High with Donnie. Jackie became Mrs. David Straight and they had four children and four grandchildren. Dave passed away in 1998.

Donnie married Lucy Barta Wells of Idamay and Farmington High School. They had five children, including twin boys who are dentists in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

Dr. James Wells is at South Charlotte Denistry. Dr. John Wells is a dentist in Huntersville and the Mt. Island area of Charlotte after his schooling at West Virginia University.

Donnie Wells, Jr., Class of 1978, also is a son of Donnie Wells.

Lyndie’s other siblings were Joe Wells, who married Peggy Clayton, Class of 1951, Mary Alice Wells Emerson and Pauline Wells Huffman. Lindie and all his siblings are deceased.