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Illustrious Brother Erin Lynn Endicott, 33° has passed.

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Dear Brethren,
The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Illustrious Brother Erin Lynn Endicott, 33°, Inspector General Honorary, Past Grand Master, 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.

Notice from the Grand Lodge of Oregon:
Most Worshipful Brother Endicott was born October 5, 1942. He joined the Navy after graduating from High School in 1960, and was stationed aboard the USS Topeka, CLG #8. In 1962 Erin married Barbara Bennett in Elgin, Oregon. Following their marriage they moved to the San Francisco Bay area. After being discharged from the Navy, Erin and Barbara remained in the Bay area for several months, eventually moving to Bothell, Washington. They moved many times over the next several years, and in October 1966 he was hired as a fireman for the Union Pacific Railroad. In May of 1973 he was promoted to Engineer, and retired due to an injury in November 1989.

M.W.Br. Erin was a Life Member of both Grande Ronde Valley Lodge No. 56 and his home Lodge of Cove Lodge No. 91 where he was raised to Master Mason on April 3, 1991. He was Worshipful Master of Cove Lodge No. 91 in 1997, and was presented with a Hiram Award at Cove Lodge in 2006. In Grande Ronde Valley Lodge No. 56 he held the offices of Junior Warden, Senior Warden and Worshipful Master. (He was Initiated to the Baker Valley of the Scottish Rite in 1991, Honored as a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour in 2001 and Coroneted as an Inspector General Honorary in 2005.)

Erin is survived by his wife Barbara, their three children, Jon, Cinda and Pamela, and numerous grandchildren.

A Memorial Service is pending and information will be shared as soon as the family has a chance to make the arrangements. Erin was a kind man and will be missed by many. Please remember Barbara and the family in your thoughts and prayers.

My Brethren, the Roll of Workmen Has Been Called…

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Brethren,

The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Illustrious Brother Charles “Chuck” Howard, 33°, Honorary Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 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.

Charles Frederick Howard, 33°, (Health Care Administrator) was born on May 27th, 1936 in Peoria, Illinois, and passed on Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 in Gresham, Oregon. Illustrious Brother Howard was a Member of Sandy Lodge No. 158 A.F. & A.M. in Sandy, Oregon and a Noble of the Mystic Al Kader Shrine in Wilsonville. He received the 32° on May 6, 1995 in Le Progress de L’ Oceania, Honolulu, Hawaii, he affiliated with Portland Valley in the Orient of Oregon in 1999, was invested as a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour on November 8th, 2003, and Coroneted as an Honorary Inspector General of the Supreme Council of the 33° in Portland Oregon on November 14th, 2009. He was also the Past General Secretary of the Portland Valley Scottish Rite from 2008 to 2010. We will honor his memory with a moment of reflection at the Feast of Tishri next Tuesday.

Memorial – Illustrious Brother Howard’s memorial service is to be held on Saturday, October 6th at 11 o’clock am at Saint Aiden’s Church, 17405 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97230. Worshipful Brother Peter Morrison will conduct the Masonic Funerary Service.

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Most Worshipful & Illustrious Brother Aaron Wayne Harvey, 33° Has Passed Away.

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Brethren,

The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason, Most Worshipful & Illustrious Brother Aaron Wayne Harvey, 33°, PGM 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.

Brother Aaron was a Past Grand Master of Masons in Oregon, an Honorary 33rd Degree member of the Portland Valley Scottish Rite, & Past Master of East Gate-Parkrose Lodge No. 155.

Illustrious Brother Edward D. Bednarz, 33° Has Been Called from Labor

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My Brethren,
The roll of the workmen has been called, and one Master Mason of Beaverton Lodge No. 100 and member of the Portland Valley Scottish Rite, Illustrious Brother Edward D. Bednarz, 33°, has not answered to his name. He has laid down the working tools of the Craft and with them he has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use and traveled to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns.

Illustrious Brother Ed passed on Saturday, July 11th, 2015. As further details are available updates will be posted.

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