Ethel M. Mason Starkey, age 91, of Stratford, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2006 in 3030 Park Health Care Center, Fairfield.. Born in Bridgeport to the late William and Lillian Finnagan Mason, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Starkey was a retired saleswoman for the D.M. Read Department Store in Bridgeport. She is the widow of Alfred Starkey and is survived by her beloved son Jack Starkey of Trumbull and her daughter Barbara Washburn and her husband Jim Jr. of Griswold; five grandchildren: Jeffrey Washburn, Jim Washburn III, Jack Starkey, Michael Starkey and Jennifer June; four great-grandchildren: Abbey Rose Washburn, Elizabeth Starkey, Andrew Starkey and Rob June; one niece and four nephews. She was pre-deceased by her sister Lillian Sapko. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 9:15 A.M. in the Adzima Funeral Home, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford and at 10:00 A.M. in Our Lady of Grace Church with a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be private. Friends may call on Monday from 4-8 P.M.