 The Louis G. Clarke Trust
This fund provides for general hospital care after application of insurance and/or Medicare , at any qualified hospital in the State of Oregon, for Masons and wives, widows and daughters of Masons residing in Oregon, Washington or Idaho. In special circumstances benefits may include payments to physicians,
special nursing services, nursing home care or like services.
Louis G. Clarke, 33˚, SGIG in Oregon from 1929 to 1941. was one of Oregon`s most respected business men and philanthropists. He was born in Ohio and came to Oregon as a young man in 1876. As a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Brother Clarke entered the pharmacology field and eventually
became president of the Clarke, Woodward Drug Company. He married Miss Elizabeth L. Church in 1891.
He served as Worshipful MAster of Portland Lodge No. 55 in 1898, was Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Oregon in 1915, and Potantate of Al Kader Shrine in 1909. He entered th Scottish Rite in 1883 and held office in virtually every Rite body for many years, becoming and active member of the Supreme
Council in 1929.
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