Evered J. âRedâ Mason, 99, passed away on Feb. 23, 2021. He was born in Los Gatos on Feb. 22, 1922 to Edward H. and Eva Mason. Red attended elementary school where all eight grades were in the same room, and graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1938. He was inducted into the Army in February 1943 and served in England, France and Germany during World War II. After his discharge, he returned to Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo to complete his college education and graduated in 1948. He then joined the rodeo for several years, riding bulls and bareback horses. He also homesteaded farming land near Yuma, Ariz., under the Veterans Homestead Act. In 1955, he and his wife Bernadine purchased a ranch near Galt where he resided until his death.