Jodie Mason

Jodie Mason is the late wife of Harry Mason and the adoptive mother of Cheryl Mason.

Biography
According to the novelization of the first game, Harry met Jodie at the beginning of his sophomore year of high school. He took the opportunity to ask her out after she broke up with her previous boyfriend. Jodie became Harry's priority as they fell in love. They were wed at a church soon afterward, and their nine years together are described as a "never-ending honeymoon".

When her husband was twenty-five, they found an abandoned baby on the side of the highway. With Harry's agreement, they adopted the baby, to which Jodie gave the name of Cheryl. It is revealed at a point in Silent Hill that Harry and his wife desired to have a child during their marriage, but were unable to conceive due to Jodie's illness.

Deah discrepancy
Silent Hill suggests she died from her said disease. The game's manual confirms this.

The novel contradicts this by stating that while she was driving home from work, a car chase occurred in which a criminal crashed into her while in full speed, killing her.

In either case, her death left Harry in deep grief while Cheryl was too young to understand what had happened.