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District Chaplain’s Report – 2015-2016

District Chaplain Report

District Chaplain – W. Bro. Paavo E. Liukko

June 9, 2016

Since the district meeting held on July 15, 2015, the following brethren have passed to the Grand Lodge above. This list includes one Brother, Percy Gordon, who was recently discovered to have passed in 2009.

Nickel Lodge No. 427

Bro. Percy Gordon Westbrook
Born – June 3, 1917
Initiated – May 12, 1954
Passed- September 8, 1954
Raised – October 20, 1954
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – November 14, 2009 (just learned of his passing)

Bro. Milton Edward Ten Eycke
Born – January 15, 1921
Initiated – September 3, 1975
Passed – March 17, 1976
Raised – May 19, 1976
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – July 13, 2015

Bro. Marven Ivan Firth
Recipient of the William Mercer Wilson Award
Born – June 2, 1926
Initiated – November 21, 1973
Passed – February 8, 1974
Raised – March 20, 1974
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – August 14, 2015

Bro. Albert Bruce Noble
Born – November 26, 1931
Initiated – November 22, 1961
Passed – April 25, 1962
Raised – June 20, 1962
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – November 25, 2015

Bro. Lorne Nestor Chuipka
Born – Nov. 1, 1934
Initiated – February 1, 1967
Passed – February 21, 1968
Raised – June 19, 1968
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – January 17, 2016

Bro. William George Groom
Born – June 2, 1934
Initiated – January 8, 1958
Passed May 14, 1958
Raised – November 12, 1958 Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – January 22, 2016

Bro. Howard John Jones
Born – September 10, 1916
Initiated – April 2, 1941
Passed – September 3, 1941
Raised – November 5, 1941
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – February 12, 2016

Doric Lodge No. 455

Bro. Nelson Edward Ward
Born – February 24, 1917
Initiated – January 12, 1947
Passed – May 27, 1947
Raised – June 27, 1947
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – June 3, 2016

Gore Bay Lodge No. 472

Bro. Douglas Ronald Gordon
Born – April 4, 1931
Initiated – April 1, 1953
Passed – May 6, 1953
Raised – June 3, 1953
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – February 19, 2016

Espanola Lodge No. 527

W. Bro. David McKinley Gullacher
Born – July 10, 1946
Initiated – July 14, 1976
Passed – February 7, 1977
Raised – April 4, 1977
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – July 17, 2015

Bro. Homer Ralph
Born – August 19, 1912
Initiated – June 7, 1950
Passed – September 6, 1950
Raised – October 4, 1950 Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – December 15, 2015

Bro. Richard Smith
Born – January 7, 1034
Initiated – January 19, 1959
Passed – March 23, 1959
Raised – September 28, 1959
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above- December 15, 2015

Bro. Kenneth Fergus McNally
Born – September 8, 1946
Initiated – May 4, 1995
Passed – November 6, 1996
Raised – January 8, 1997
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above -February 3, 2016 

Algonquin Lodge No. 536

W. Bro. John Melville Hodgins
Born – December 31, 1921
Initiated – March 17, 1964
Passed – November 17, 1964
Raised – May 18, 1965
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – Nov. 14, 2015

Sudbury Lodge No. 658

Bro. John Lennie
Born – November 26, 1923
Initiated – September 19, 1960
Passed – October 24, 1960
Raised – April 3, 1961
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – July 19, 2015

Bro. James Harold Nephew
Born – March 30, 1931
Initiated – October 3, 1955
Passed – February 20, 1956
Raised – April 16, 1956
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – December 7, 2015

Bro. John William Angove
Born – October 8, 1922
Initiated – November 7, 1949
Passed – January 16, 1950
Raised – April 3, 1950
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – January 30, 2016

Bro. Karl Heinz Boy
Born – January 24, 1928
Initiated – September 19, 1955
Passed – December 5, 1955
Raised – March 26, 1956
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above April 22, 2016

Friendship Lodge No. 691

W. Bro. James Hopewell Loney
Born – July 20, 1925
Initiated – September 10, 1958
Passed – November 12, 1958
Raised – February 25, 1959
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – July 21, 2015

V. W. Bro. Robert Lewis
Born – February 8, 1944
Initiated – November 14, 1979
Passed – March 12, 1980 Raised – October 22, 1980
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – February 16, 2016

W. Bro. John Alfred Guthrie
Born – January 8, 1932
Initiated – April 10, 1974
Passed – June 12, 1974 Raised – October 23, 1974
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – April 6, 2016

Brother Mario Pen
Born – August 24, 1944
Initiated – September 8, 1976
Passed – November 10, 1976
Raised – December 8, 1976
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – May 31, 2016

Bethel Lodge No. 699

R. W. Bro. James MacKay Thomson
Born – October 29, 1936
Initiated – March 13, 1992
Passed – April 10, 1992
Raised – March 12, 1993
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – August 3, 2015

We Cherish Their Memories in our Hearts

District Chaplain’s Report – 2016-2017

Since the district meeting held in June, 2016 to November 7^th 2016, the following brethren have passed to the Grand Lodge above.

Bro. William “Bill” John Crawford               Nickel Lodge No. 427
Passed – February 4^th, 1976
Raised – February 15^th, 1978
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – October 16^th, 2016

Bro. Robert Thomas Harkins                          Algonquin Lodge No. 536
Initiated – March 21^st, 1967
Passed – May 30^th, 1967
Raised – April 2^nd, 1968
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – August 22^nd, 2016

R.W. Bro. Jason Brandon Ashley                              Algonquin Lodge No. 536
Initiated May 11^th, 1995 Cochrane Lodge No 530
Passed January 29^th, 1996
Raised September 28^th, 1996
Affiliated – Algonquin Lodge No 536 May 19^th, 2009
Worshipful Master, Algonquin Lodge No 536 April 28^th, 2012
Elected DDGM Sudbury Manitoulin District July 2016
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – May 2^nd, 2017

Bro. William Thornley                                   Sudbury Lodge No. 658
Initiated – October 21^st, 1957
Passed – April 7^th, 1958
Raised – June 2^nd, 1958
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – August 9^th, 2016

There were no other losses during the remainder of the Masonic year.

We cherish their memory in our hearts.

District Chaplain’s Report – 2017-2018

V.W. Bro. William Peter Spek                       Nickel Lodge No. 427
Initiated: February 27^th, 1963
Passed: May 22^nd, 1963
Raised: September 18^th, 1963
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: August 16^th, 2017

V.W. Bro. Frederick William Bright Nickel Lodge No. 427
Initiated: May 13^th, 1953
Passed: October 14^th, 1953
Raised: January 20^th, 1954
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: February 5, 2018

V.W. Bro. Brian Keith Hester            Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Initiated: March 4^th, 1970
Passed: May 6^th 1970
Raised: April 5^th, 1972
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: November 2^nd, 2017

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W. Bro. Glen McDougall                               Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: November 19^th, 2017

Bro. James Ferguson                          Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: May 8^th, 2018

W. Bro. Kenneth Marvin Streich                   Espanola Lodge No. 527
Initiated: March 6^th, 1973
Passed: May 1^st 1973
Raised: October 18^th, 1973
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: September 22^nd, 2017

Bro. T. Masson                                               Espanola Lodge No. 527
Initiated: October 4^th, 2006
Passed: March 7^th, 2007
Raised: February 2^nd, 2011
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: December 15^th, 2017

W. Bro. John Clark                             Espanola Lodge No. 527
Initiated: January 5^th, 1977
Passed: February 1^st, 1978
Raised: April 5^th, 1978
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: January 4^th, 2018

W. Bro. D. Allen                                            Espanola Lodge No. 527
Initiated: May 8^th, 1984
Passed: June 12^nd, 1984
Raised: October 9^th, 1984
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: February26^th, 2018

Bro. B. Wilson                                                Espanola Lodge No. 527
Initiated: October 3^rd, 1973
Passed: February 6^th, 1974
Raised: March 6^th, 1974
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: March 20^th, 2018

Bro. Gordon Vernon Campbell                      Sudbury Lodge No. 658
Initiated: November 18^th, 1968
Passed: March 24^nd, 1969
Raised: June 23^rd, 1969
Passed to the Grand Lodge above: February 11^th, 2018

District Chaplain’s Report – 2018-2019

W. Bro.  Grant Edwin Boyce             Nickel Lodge No. 427
Roll# 978
Initiated: August 4^th 1954
Passed: November 3^rd 1954
Raised: March 23^rd 1955
Worshipful Master: 2002
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: October 17^th 2018

W. Bro.  Russell A. Dever                  Nickel Lodge No. 427
Roll # 1344
Initiated: November 18^th 1981
Passed: February 3^rd 1982
Raised: April 7^th 1982
Worshipful Master: 1989
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: February 22^nd 2019

Bro. Jacob Verner (Jack) Kallio         Nickel Lodge No. 427
Roll # 970
Initiated: April 7^th 1954
Passed: June 9^th 1954
Raised: September 15^th 1954
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: March 14^th 2019

Bro. Wilfred Leppanen                       Nickel Lodge No. 427
Roll # 913
Initiated: January 9^th 1952
Passed: March 19^th 1952
Raised:  June 18^th 1952
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: August 7^th 2012

Bro. George M. Nelson                      Nickel Lodge No. 427
Roll # 1420
Initiated: May 19^th 1994
Passed: January 6^th 1999
Raised: May 19^th 1999
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: May 12^th 2019

Bro. Edmund J. Thompson                 Nickel Lodge No. 427
Roll # 1344
Initiated: June 11^th 1958
Passed: October 8^th 1958
Raised: April 22^nd 1959
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: December 9^th 2018

Bro. David Taylor                              Doric Lodge No. 455
Initiated: March 8^th 1988
Passed: April 12^th 1988
Raised:  November 8^th 1988
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: March 6^th 2019

Bro. Andrew S Watson                      Doric Lodge No. 455
Initiated: March 12^th 1946
Passed: April 23^rd 1946
Raised: October 8^th 1946
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: January 15^th 2019 

Bro. Lloyd Wilbert Galbraith             Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Roll # 431
Initiated: October 12^th 2000
Passed: May 10^th 2001
Raised: September 13^th 2001
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: August 25^th 2018.

Bro. James Allen Beange                   Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Roll # 348
Initiated: March 1^st 1975
Passed: May 7^th 1975
Raised: June 4^th 1975
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: February 5^th 2019.

Bro. Edwin Russel Bond                    Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Roll # 325
Initiated: January 7^th 1970
Passed: April 1^st 1970
Raised: November 4^th 1970
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: May 7^th 2019

Bro. Eldon Bell                                   Espanola Lodge No. 527
Roll # 304
Initiated: April 3^rd 1957
Passed: February 5^th 1958
Raised: October 21^st 1959
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: February 28^th 2019

W. Bro. Robert McKitrick                 Espanola Lodge No. 527
Roll # 346
Initiated: May 5^th 1965
Passed: November 3^rd 1965
Raised:  February 2^nd 1966
Worshipful Master: 1969
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: December 9^th 2018

Bro. Spencer Wilson                          Espanola Lodge No. 527     
Roll # 372
Initiated: January 19^th 1972
Passed: April 5^th 1972
Raised: September 20^th 1972
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: February 24^th 2019

W. Bro. Thomas Clark                       City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated: December 18^th 1953
Passed: March 16^th 1954
Raised: May 11, 1954 (National Lodge No. 588)
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: November 26^th 2018

R.W. Bro. Waldo Gundrum               City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
                                                            Royal City Daylight Lodge No. 742
Initiated: April 19^th 1982
Passed: October 31^st 1982
Raised: December 27^th 1982
Grand Chaplain: 2002
Worshipful Master: 2003
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: December 6^th 2018

Bro. George MacKay                         City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated: October 7^th 1963
Passed: March 23^rd 1964
Raised: December 7th 1964 (Sudbury Lodge No. 658)
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: February 25^th 2019

V.W. Bro. William R. McKnight       City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated: June 15^th 1964
Passed: November 23^rd 1964
Raised: May 31^st 1965 (Sudbury Lodge No. 658)
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: April 5^th 2019

Bro. Fern E Roberts                            City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated: February 21^st 1950
Passed: March 21^st 1950
Raised May 16^th 1950 (Prince Lodge No. 109 Grand Lodge of Quebec)
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: January 24^th 2019

W. Bro. Charles Hugh Kennedy         Bethel Lodge No. 699
Initiated: October 11^th 1991
Passed: April 10^th 1992
Raised: May 14^th 1993
Installed: January 8^th 1999
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: July 18^th 2018

Bro. Zolman Enchin                           Bethel Lodge No. 699
Initiated: October 12^th 1962
Passed: February 8^th 1963
Raised: May 24^th 1963
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above: September 16^th 2018

District Chaplain’s Report – 2020-2021
Prepared by W. Bro. David Squarzolo

Bro. Dewart Donald Keir Nickel Lodge No. 427
Initiated – October 7, 1959
Passed – April 20, 1960
Raised – September 21, 1960
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – September 16, 2020

W. Bro. Barry Wayne Greasley Nickel Lodge No. 427
Initiated – February 6, 1991
Passed – May 15, 1991
Raised – April 30, 1992
Worshipful Master Nickel Lodge in 2001
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – March 1, 2021

Bro. William Blair Sullivan Doric Lodge No. 455
Initiated – November 9, 1948
Passed – November 14, 1948
Raised – November 30, 1948
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – June 4, 2019

V.W. Bro. Ronald Royce Towns Doric Lodge No. 455
Initiated – May 10, 1977
Passed – November 8, 1977
Raised – February 11, 1978
Grand Steward – 2000-2001
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – August 30, 2020

Bro. David Elliot Gilchrist Doric Lodge No. 455
Initiated – not provided
Passed – not provided
Raised – November 14, 2017
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – February 27, 2021

Bro. Mervin Clifford Gilchrist Gore Bay Lodge No. 472
Initiated – November 8, 2018
Passed – April 14, 2019
Raised – Never Raised
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – April 8, 2021

W. Bro. Eric Morphet Espanola Lodge No. 527
Initiated – March 6, 1991
Passed – October 2, 1991
Raised – February 5, 1992
Worshipful Master -1999 and 2000
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – August 20, 2020

Bro. Stephan Frank Matusch City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated – February 18, 1997
Passed – March 18, 1997
Raised – May 5, 1998
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – March 11, 2020

Bro. Russell Earl Jewell City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated – March 2, 1964
Passed – September 28, 1964
Raised – May 31, 1965
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – June 29, 2020

W. Bro. Gerald Burton Hill City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated – April 12, 1961
Passed – January 31, 1962
Raised – April 6, 1962
Worshipful Master -Sudbury Lodge No. 658 in 1986
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – July 20, 2020

Bro. John Kingsbury Ellis City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated – December 9, 1991
Passed – March 16, 1992
Raised – April 19, 1993
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – July 31, 2020

W. Bro. William Donald McKibbon City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Passed – March 4, 1958
Raised – June 4, 1958
Worshipful Master -Algonquin Lodge No. 536 in 1974
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – November 19, 2020

Bro. Vernon William Johnston City of Lakes Lodge No. 536
Initiated – February 8, 2000
Passed – June 13, 2000
Raised – November 14, 2000
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – March 10, 2021

Bro. Everett Clayton Mullen Friendship Lodge No. 691
Initiated – November 13, 2002
Passed – April 9, 2003
Raised – September 10, 2003
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – November 4, 2020

R.W. Bro. Harold Robert Butler Friendship Lodge No. 691
Initiated – June 22, 1954
Passed – October 26, 1954
Raised – March 22, 1955
Worshipful Master -Friendship Lodge No. 691 in 1963
DDGM of Nipissing West District in 1965-1966
(Also, a member of City of Lakes Lodge No. 536 and The Rising Sun Lodge No. 129)
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – January 6, 2021

Bro. James Malcolm McLean Bethel Lodge No. 699
Initiated – June 8, 1973
Passed – October 26, 1973
Raised – April 26, 1974
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – October 1, 2020

W. Bro. Cameron John Gilpin Bethel Lodge No. 699
Initiated – March 28, 2003
Passed – September 26, 2003
Raised – February 27, 2004
Worshipful Master -2009 and 2010
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – December 19, 2020

V.W. Bro. Allan Percival Sweetman Bethel Lodge No. 699
Initiated – March 3, 1967
Passed – October 20, 1967
Raised – December 1, 1967
Worshipful Master -1995
Grand Steward of the Sudbury-Manitoulin District in 2003
Passed to the Grand Lodge Above – January 15, 2021

In preparing this document, there were brethren who Passed to the Grand Lodge Above reported locally in their obituaries to be members of the Craft, but belonged to lodges elsewhere and therefore not included in the accompanying report. They are:

Bro. John Thomas Bearman
Walkerton Lodge No. 197
Passed to the GLA in Sudbury August 31, 2020

W. Bro. Lloyd Roy Meadows
Sturgeon Falls Lodge No. 447 (Demitted from and PM of Bethel Lodge No. 699)
Passed to the GLA in Windsor January 4, 2021