In Memoriam | Cheryl Gloria Mason

  • VIC
  • May 06, 2020

Cheryl Gloria Mason, age 71, of Christiansted, St. Croix, died on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in GA.

After graduating from Christiansted High School in 1967, Cheryl utilized the Upward Bound college program. She graduated from the College of the Virgin Islands, now The University of the Virgin Islands. After teaching for several years, Cheryl continued her education, studying Educational Administration at the University of Miami and received her Master's Degree in 1989. She was a secondary school teacher, having taught at Wayne Aspinall Jr. High School, now Addelita Cancryn Junior High School on St. Thomas. On St. Croix, she taught at Elena L. Christian Jr. High School and St. Croix Central High School. She retired after thirty-two years in 2003.

Cheryl is survived by her daughter, Aisha M. Stout; sisters, Maria DeAkino Joel, Ramona DeAkino, and Mary Roebuck. She is preceded in death by her brothers; Pedro DeAkino, Norman Roebuck, and Carl Milford, Eleazer, Walter, and Eldridge Vanterpool; sisters, Iris Vanterpool, Lucia Vanterpool-Monsanto, and Verna Elita Vanterpool-Niles. She also leaves to mourn a host of nieces, nephews, other families, and friends too numerous to mention.

Cheryl was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She believed in being engaged and involved in giving back to her community and had a spirit of entrepreneurship.  Cheryl had a passion for history, genealogy research, books, movies, adventure, and travel, to name a few. She was an active volunteer at The National Park's Every Kid in a Park program, tutored children and fostered as well. 

A memorial service in celebration of her life will take place at a later date.

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