Brethren,
A Masonic and Military Service with Honors will be held this Friday at 9am at Willamette National Cemetery for Illustrious Brother William “Bill” Southwell, 33°, IGH. Brother Bill died last year but due to complications they were not able to set a date for his service. His daughter and her family live in Canada and were now able to make arrangements to be here for a service. The time was set by Willamette National Cemetery for a military service with Honors. If you can be there, his widow, Alta Southwell, and his family, would appreciate it immensely. The address is 11800 SE Mt Scott Blvd, Happy Valley, OR 97086.
Illustrious Brother William George Southwell, 33°, Inspector General Honorary, was born on March 8th, 1930, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and passed to the Celestial Lodge in Lake Oswego, Oregon, on June 7th, 2021. Ill. Br. Bill was initiated on April 8th, 1970, passed to the Fellow Craft on May 20th, 1970, and raised a Master Mason on June 24th, 1970, in Waluga Lodge No. 181, consolidated in 2020 as Milwaukie Waluga Lodge No. 109 A.F.&A.M. of Oregon, he also held dual membership in the Research Lodge of Oregon No. 198. He served as Master of Waluga in 1994, received the Hiram Award in 2001, served as Treasurer of Waluga in 2007, and Senior Deacon of Research Lodge from 2013 to 2015, he received his Service Award for 50 years from the Grand Lodge of Oregon in 2020. He joined the Portland Valley of the A.&A. Scottish Rite of Freemasonry on November 4th, 1995, he was elected as a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour October 3rd, 2001, honored on November 3rd, 2001, and Coroneted an Inspector General Honorary 33° member of the Supreme Council in Portland Valley on September 8th, 2007. Ill Br. Bill was an active member of the Rite participating in many of the Degrees over the years and served as the Master of Kadosh for the Portland Valley’s Oregon Consistory No. 1 from 2001 to 2003. He is survived by his loving wife Alta.