Brethren,
The roll of the Workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Brother Robert B. Piatt, 32°, KCCH, has not answered to his name. He has laid down the working tools of life and with them has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use. His labors here below have taught him to divest his heart and conscience of the vices and superfluity of life, thereby fitting his mind as a living stone for that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Strengthened in his labors here by faith in God, and confident of expectation of immortality, he has been granted admission to the Celestial Lodge above. His Brethren mourn the passing of a great man and Mason.
Obituary: Robert Benjamin Piatt (Jan. 19, 1930 – July 2, 2022)
On Saturday, July 2, 2022, Robert Benjamin Piatt passed away at the age of 92. Robert “Bob” Piatt was born Jan. 19, 1930, in Ponderay, Idaho to Benjamin and Eva (Carnegie) Piatt. He joined the Army Air Corps at the age of 16. On Nov. 5, 1949, he married Lauretta May VanDolah and they were married nearly 73 years. Together they raised four children. Robert Piatt is survived by his wife, Lauretta; his four children, Eva Irene, Elizabeth Gaylene, Robert William and Laura Ann; his sister, Terry; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several cousins and many nieces and nephews.
Bro. Commander Piatt was an Engineer and Superintendent of Marine Transportation. He was a member of Hawthorne Lodge No. 111 in Portland, that later consolidated with Washington Lodge No. 46 in 1983. He received the 32°, Master of the Royal Secret, in the Portland Valley of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., U.S.A. on May 14th, 1977, he was elected a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour on October 18th, 1993, and invested on November 13th, 1993.
A service will be held at 12 p.m., Monday, July 25th, 2022, at the Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral Home, 11801 S.E. Mount Scott Blvd., Portland, OR 97086. Graveside with Military Honors at 1:30 p.m., Monday, July 25, 2022, at Willamette National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Portland Shriner’s Hospital for Children or to the Ray Hickey Hospice Home (Vancouver) in his memory.