By admin, on January 26th, 2011
What a joy the last couple of months have been, Lodge officers installed, time spent with family and friends. A great kick off to 2011.
While installing Lodge officers I have witnessed a number of occasions where the lodge is including their ladies and family members by having them place the officer’s jewel on their loved one or by using a candle ceremony. A few lodges have made some minor modifications to the installation ceremony to meet their needs and that [...] . . . → Read More: Grand Master Harker’s February 2011 Message
By admin, on January 24th, 2011
PGM Robert Billings
Past Grand Master Robert Edward Billings passed away on January 21, 2011 at the age of 93, at Greentree Health and Rehabilitation Center, Clintonville. He served the Masons of Wisconsin as Grand Master in 1975.
He was born in Clintonville, Wisconsin, September 14, 1917 the son of Guy and Jennie (Carr) Billings. He married Jane Elizabeth Kelly his wife of 63 years in October 1941. She preceded him in death in 2004.
Bro. Billings graduated from the Clintonville public [...] . . . → Read More: Past Grand Master Robert Billings Passes to the Lodge Eternal
By admin, on December 29th, 2010
Happy New Year!
By now most Lodges have installed their officers for the 2011 Masonic year. There are just a few lodges that have scheduled installation for early January. As of this writing I have attended the installation of officers for 25 lodges with more scheduled over the next couple of weeks.
Your Grand Lodge Officers have all been very busy working in the lodges to install the 2011 officers. Many lodges have officers occupying a office that they have never held [...] . . . → Read More: Grand Master Harker’s January 2011 Message
By admin, on December 1st, 2010
Perry. A. Risberg, PGM
Past Grand Master Perry A. Risberg, 93, of Hayward, Wis, passed to the Lodge Eternal on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota.
Bro. Perry was born on August 21, 1917, in Whitehall, Wis., to Walter and Dora (Brandon) Risberg. His family moved to Hayward when he was in high school and he graduated from Hayward High School. He then attended and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison, with accounting and law [...] . . . → Read More: Past Grand Master Perry A. Risberg Passes to the Lodge Eternal.
By admin, on November 24th, 2010
My Lady Mary and I hope you and your family have a very Happy and Joyous Holiday season. As you gather with family and friends enjoy all the blessings that you have received and remember those who are less fortunate. All of our Masonic related organizations are a gift that we must all be thankful to be a part of. It extends an opportunity to each and everyone of us to share and unite in the common good.
By now most [...] . . . → Read More: Grand Master Harker’s December 2010 Message
By admin, on October 26th, 2010
M.W. Joseph B. Harker – Grand Master
Your Grand Lodge officers met in Madison the weekend of October 8-10 as reported elsewhere in this issue of our Wisconsin Masonic Journal. The highlight of the weekend was the Unity dinner where many of the Wisconsin Masonic bodies’ Grand Officers came together to socialize and learn more about each other’s organizations. There were members from Eastern Star, Amaranth, Job’s Daughters, Rainbow for Girls, DeMolay, Commandery, and the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. All [...] . . . → Read More: Grand Master Harker’s November 2010 Message
By admin, on October 26th, 2010
Video address by Lee Sherman Dreyfus – former Governor of Wisconsin. Hosted by Freemasons Lodge #363, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and recorded in 2003 at the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Milwaukee.
. . . → Read More: “Freemasonry and the Fabric of America” by Lee Sherman Dreyfus
By admin, on September 28th, 2010
Brother Donald E. Krueger, PGM – 1969-1970
Bro. Donald E. Krueger, PGM, of Tampa, Florida, passed away Sept. 12, 2010 at the age of 94.
He was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on May 26, 1916, to Arnold A. and Lorraine (nee Pfieffer) Krueger.
He graduated from Burlington High School and Carroll College. Bro. Krueger was employed by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee until his retirement in 1976.
He served a President of the Board of Trustees of Racine County Hospital [...] . . . → Read More: Past Grand Master Donald E. Krueger Passes to the Lodge Eternal
By admin, on September 27th, 2010
We are deeply saddened at the passing of Brother Donald E. Krueger, who served our Grand Jurisdiction as Grand Master in 1969-70. We extend our sympathy to his family.
I have recently travelled out of state representing the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin to the Midwest Conference of Grand Lodges in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; the Supreme Council Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Northern Jurisdiction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa in Sioux City, Iowa. [...] . . . → Read More: Grand Master Harker’s October 2010 Message
By admin, on August 24th, 2010
M.W. Joseph B. Harker – Grand Master
It has been a very exciting and rewarding beginning to our 2010-11 Wisconsin Grand Lodge year. I was very pleased with the material content and quality the summer issue of this Wisconsin Masonic Journal. I hope you were as well. I hope that many of you went to the electronic version of the WI Masonic Journal. In the Electronic version you may find something about your Lodge. If you have any concern about [...] . . . → Read More: Grand Master Harker’s September 2010 Message
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