Mary P. Masterson a former secretary in the Taunton Public Schools died January 29, 2016 at Life Care Center in Raynham at the age of 91. A lifelong resident of Taunton, she was a daughter of the late Patrick J. and Bridget B. (Deveney) Masterson. She graduated from the former Immaculate Conception Grammar School and Taunton High School class of 1941. Mary served in the Taunton Public School system for forty-one years. She began her service in 1944 as a clerk in the Taunton High School office and later transferred to the superintendent’s office where she served as secretary to several school building committees. At the time of her retirement in 1985 when the main offices of the school department were located in the Taunton High School, by action of the school committee, the office complex was named as the “Mary P. Masterson Administration Suite” as a tribute for her many years of loyal and outstanding services. In a Taunton Daily Gazette article at the time of the dedication, she was referred to as the “First Lady” of the school department. A communicant of St Jude the Apostle Church, she served as Eucharistic Minister and Lector at the former Holy Rosary Church for many years and was a former Eucharistic Minister and Lector at the former Immaculate Conception Church. She was a member of Friends of the Taunton Public Library, Friars Church of the Chapel of Our Savior in Brockton and the Retired State County and Municipal Association of Massachusetts. She also was a former member of Weir Seniors and the local chapter of AARP and long time member of the Holy Union Association. She is survived by two nieces Anne Marie Enderby of Attleboro and Susan Smith of Los Angeles and one nephew, Edward “Ted” Smith of Boston. She was the sister of the late Charles Masterson and Barbara Smith. A Mass will be held at St Jude the Apostle Church in Taunton on Friday, February 12th at 10 AM. Interment will be held at St Joseph Cemetery in Taunton In lieu of flowers donations in Mary’s memory may be made to St Jude the Apostle Church, 249 Whittenton Street, Taunton, MA, 02780.