Recent Deaths

Right Worshipful Brother Ira Stuart Gilbert was born on October 26, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois

Petitioned Isaac Cutter Lodge #1073 for the Degrees in Masonry,

Was Initiated as an Entered Apprentice on October 18, 1967, 

Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft on December 12, 1967 and was 

Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on January 17, 1968.
He became a member of Chicago Lodge # 437 by consolidation.

He received the the Dellefield Award for blue lodge Masonry, Chicago Lodge, and civic activity in 2013.
Right Worshipful Gilbert was a Master Mason for 53 years and 17 days.
He laid down his working tools on February 3, 2021, having lived 87 years, 3 months, and 8 days.

Thus Ended the Record of a Just and Upright Mason. 

May His Soul Rest in Peace. 

Worshipful Brother Randall Charles Anderson Sr. was born on August 24, 1922
in Chicago, Illinois,

Petitioned Goodfellow Lodge #1043 for the Degrees in Masonry,
Was Initiated as an Entered Apprentice on March 26, 1956, 

Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft on April 23, 1956, and was

Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on June 25, 1956.

He became a member of Chicago Lodge # 437 by consolidation.

He served as Worshipful Master of Goodfellow Lodge and as Organist of Decalogue, Glenview-United, and Chicago Lodges.

Worshipful Brother Anderson was a Master Mason for 64 years, 9 months and 8 days.
He laid down his working tools on October 5, 2020, having lived 98 years, 1 month, and 9 days.

Thus Ended the Record of a Just and Upright Mason. 

May His Soul Rest in Peace

Brother Karl Heinz Frentz was born on August 10, 1929 in Bremerhafen, Germany,

Petitioned Composite Lodge #774 for the Degrees in Masonry,

Was Initiated as an Entered Apprentice on February 17, 1971,

Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft on March 17, 1971 and was

Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on April 21, 1871.

He became a member of Chicago Lodge # 437 by consolidation.

Brother Frentz was a Master Mason for 49 years, 4 months and 11 days.

He laid down his working tools on September 2, 2020, 

having lived 91 years, and 22 days.

Thus Ended the Record of a Just and Upright Mason.

May his soul rest in peace.

Brother Charles (Chuck) Kohn was born on January 29, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois,

Petitioned Evans Lodge #524 for the Degrees in Masonry,
Was Initiated as an Entered Apprentice on February 20, 1979,
Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft on April 3, 1979, and was
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on May 1, 1979.
He became a member of Chicago Lodge # 437 by consolidation of his plural Lodge.
Brother Kohn was a Master Mason for 41 years, 4 months and 8 days.

He laid down his working tools on September 9, 2020, having lived 75 years,
7 months, and 11 days.

Thus Ended the Record of a Just and Upright Mason.
May His Soul Rest in Peace.