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Springfield Lodge Distinguished Members

Past Masters of Springfield No. 217

† Deceased ** Demitted *** Archer Bailey Gay Lodge No.275

John Albert Tilley † 1958
Elwyn Glenn Raiden, PDDGM † 1959
Roy Thomas Bowman † 1960
Ray Alexander Doyle † 1961
Cecil Sandridge Barksdale † 1962
John Osmar Tressler † 1963
Edwin Samuel Sullivan 1964
J. Lewis Vaughn † 1965
Palmer Gleason Tunstall 1966
Robert Henry Impey † 1967
Victor Wilson Sinclair † 1968
Lyston Grimes Heflin, PDDGM † 1969
Winton Paul Johnson ** 1970
E. Donald Hardin † 1971
Ralph Wesley Charles ** 1972
Reynold Judson Matthews, PDDGM † 1973
John Philip McIntyre, PDDGM 1974
George Harry Chapin, PGM 1975
George Harry Wade 1976
Jerome Junior Cantrell 1977
John W. Miller, Jr. *** 1977
William Henry Gibbs † 1978
Ervin S. Decker *** 1978
Willie Earl Gravitte, Jr. 1979
John D. Allwine, Sr., PDDGM *** 1979
Hubert Virgil Preston † 1980
Thomas G. Hurley, Jr. *** 1980
William Albert Meyer † 1981
John D. Allwine, Jr. *** 1981
Donald Thomas Perrine † 1982
Evans Lee Kline 1983
Gerald E. Simonds *** 1983
Donald Gilbert Zuppello 1984
Kenneth F. Allwine *** 1984
Charles Richard Walk 1985
James B. H. LeFever, PDDGM *** 1985
Dess Wayne Morefield ***1986
Harold L. Thompson *** 1986
Barry Alan Mensh 1987
Ernest A. Snyder *** 1987
George Downs, Sr. † 1988
Harold D. Haft *** 1988
Harry Hubert Thompson † 1989
Napoleon Rodriguez Cruz † 1990
Gregory Duke Carper 1991
Robert Solomon Somers 1992
Kenneth M. Elliott, Jr. *** 1992
Roy Martin Heaster, PDDGM 1993
Walter P. Benesch *** 1993
Ronald Eugene Heald 1994
Kenneth M. Elliott, Jr. *** 1994
Gerald Rosario Cristiano 1995
Mark A. Harford *** 1995
Lee Neal Schofield 1996
William Arthur Shortt, PDDGM *** 1996
Sevino Joseph Mozzochi 1997
Ronald T. Barter *** 1997
Larry Edwin Johnson 1998
Joseph M. Obis *** 1998
Richard Thomas Pro 1999
Kenneth M. Elliot *** 1999
Ernesto Cacal Apaga 2000
Ronald L. R. Plamondon *** 2000
Robert Lee Carson, Sr. 2001
William A. White *** 2001
Sukhwinder Singh Ruprai 2002
Mark Francis Arbeen *** 2002
Noe Rondina Poblete 2003 (See profile)
John Wesley Pearson 2004
Norberto Manimtim Chavez 2005
Karl Norman Gellert 2006
Donald J. Ridley 2007
Romulo Magnaye Capuno 2008
William Arthur Shortt, PDDGM 2009

List of Affiliated Past Masters
Samuel T. Atkinson, PDDGM
Edward Jefferson Eames
Robert Alik Keuroglian
Stewart Wilson Miner, PGM
Robert Jobn Bartruff. Sr.
Ernie Pierce Gross
Max Donald Kirby
Buford Talmadge Walters
William Ashley Beverly
Roy Edward Gulledge
William U. MacBrayne
William A. White
William Thomas Cox
John David Hartline
Woodrow Wilson McCreary
Ralph Taylor Woodrow


Distinguished Members
George Harry Chapin
Most Worshipful
GEORGE HARRY CHAPIN

Past Master
Springfield Lodge No. 217 (1975)

Past District Deputy Grand Master
Masonic District 1-B (1991)

Past Grand Master
Grand Lodge of A.F.&A.M. of the
Commonwealth of Virginia (1999)

 

 

Life Members in Perpetuity

James Mason Alderson
Emesto Cacal Apaga, PM
Samuel Thomas Atkinson, PDDGM
Robert John Bartruff, Sr., PM
Ervin S. Becker, PM
Walter Powers Benesch, PM
Bennie Edward Bough
James Arthur Brown
Ronald Douglas Butler
Jerome Junior Cantrell, PM
Gregory Duke Carper, PM
Michael William Cassady
George Harry Chapin, PGM
John M. Cox, PM
Napoleon Rodriguez Cruz, PM
Louis Edward Dorfman, Sr.
David Oscar Doss
Roy Anthony Eller
Kenneth McKeller Elliott, Jr., PM
Roy Fahnestock, PM
William DeForest Gamble
Karl Norman Gellert, PM
Timothy Richard Gibbs
William Henry Gibbs, PM
Mathew Gilchrist
Willie Earl Gravitte, Jr., PM
Larry George Green
Ernie Pierce Gross, PM
Edgar Donald Hardin, PM
Mark Anthony Harford, PM
Jeffrey Lynn Harrison
Marcus A. Harrison, III
Albert Nelson Hartzel
Ronald E. Heald, PM
Roy M. Heaster, PDDGM

Warren Lee Henderson
Hobart Charles Hornauer, Sr.
Dwight G. Hutchinson, III
Larry Edwin Johnson, PM
Guilford Christopher Kater
Michael James Kuhlmann
Roy Adam Lee
Ramon Manalo Llamas
Stanley Morris Lowry, Sr.
William U. MacBrayne, PM
John Philip McIntyre, PM
Barry Alan Mensh, PM
Harry Simon Mensh
Charles David Mercer
William Condron Morris, PM
Sevino Joseph Mozzochi, PM
Chris Emmett Stanley Nelson
Thomas Ogles, Jr.
Gerald Christopher Pate
John Wesley Pearson, PM
Bayani Embate Pioquinto
Richard Thomas Pro, PM
Sukhwinder Singh Ruprai, PM
Lee Neal Schofield, PM
Victor Wilson Sinclair, PM
Donald Edward Smith
Ernest Alfred Snyder
Harry Hubert Thompson, PDDGM
James Craig Vandenheuvel
J. Lewis Vaughn, PM
George Harry Wade, PDDGM
William Arnold White, PM
Franklin R. Yarboro
Richard Francis Zawalski


Living Past Masters of Other Lodges

Samuel T. Atkinson, PDDGM
Robert J. Bartruff, Sr.
Ervin S. Becker
Walter P. Benesch
William T. Cox
Ernie P. Gross
Roy E. Gulledge
Mark A. Harford
Harold D. Hatt

Robert A. Keuroglian
James B. H. LeFever, PDDGM
William U. MacBrayne
John W. Miller, Jr.
Stewart W. Miner, PGM
William A. Shortt, PDDGM
Jerry A. Waller
William A. White
Ralph T. Woodrow, PDDGM


Honorary Members

Elwyn G. Raiden, PDDGM
John P. McIntyre, PDDGM
George H. Chapin, PGM
William H. Gibbs, PM †
Jerome J. Cantrell, PM
Robert S. Somers, PM
Harry Hubert Thompson, PDDGM†
Clifford L. Poole
William A. Shortt, PDDGM
James B. H. LeFever, PDDGM
Ervin S. Becker,PM
John W. Higgason
† Deceased

50 Year Members

Louis D. Bayhylle
Ervin S. Becker, PM
Bennie E. Bough
Jack S. Cathell
Logan V. Catterall
Howard C. Hughes
Max D. Kirby, PM
James K. Kroeger
Wm. U. MacBrayne, PM
Stewart W. Miner, PGM

Sevino J. Mozzochi, PM
Donald E. Ridge
Donald Senich
Wm. A. Shortt, PDDGM
Donald C. Stratton, Jr.
Erik D. Topp
Bertram E. Twine, Jr.
Thomas J. Verell, Sr.
Ralph T. Woodrow, PDDGM


60 Year Members  

William T. Cox, PM
John P. McIntyre, PDDGM
George A. Northup

Raymond C. Smith 
Edwin S. Sullivan, PM
Palmer G. Tunstall, PM

Springfield Lodge No. 217 AF & AM. Springfield, Virginia