Past Masters

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Legend for chronology of our Past Masters:

On May 2^nd, 2002 Sunrise Lodge #783 was established under consolidation of two lodges, Caledonia Lodge #416 and East Gate Lodge #603. On Feb. 8^th, 2006 Bexley Lodge #704 became extinct and was merged into Sunrise Lodge No. 783. The following lists are now considered Past Masters of Sunrise Lodge #783 F.&.A.M. Of Ohio

Past Masters Sunrise Lodge #783

2002 David P. Percival
2003 David P. Percival
2004 Larry E. McGuire
2005 Jimmie R. Bontrager
2006 Eric L. Allen
2007 Jason Gauntz (Demitted)
2008 Richard E. Boyce, Jr.
2009 Wm. Larin Hall
2010 Lucas W. Hunter
2011 John W. Evans, Sr.
2012 Craig Robinette
2013 James R. DeMaria
2014 Daniel K. Rannebarger
2015 Otto Wayne Fulmer III
2016 John M. Hicks
2017 J. J. Hannon
2018 William Owen
2019 Thomas Shapaka
2020 Brian Gardner
2021 Eric Franklin
2022 Alexander Fannin

Past Masters of East Gate Lodge #603

1909 W.E. Postle *
1910 W.E Postle *
1911 S.M. Sherman *
1912 A.P. Lemneck *
1913 I. Kleeman *
1914 William Jenni *
1915 J.G. Sherman *
1916 D.G. Wenkler *
1917 G.A. Taylor *
1918 G.R. Schoedinger *
1919 F.A. Mathews *
1920 G.E. Cory *
1921 L.F. Owens *
1922 G.F. Davis *
1923 V.E. Deckert *
1924 A.S. Burket *
1925 W.W. Durnell *
1926 J.G. Davidson *
1927 Roe Beatley *
1928 Charles E. Pedsmeyer *
1930 Frank L. Johnson *
1931 John R. Rector *
1932 Walter B. Southworth *
1933 U.L. Butler *
1934 Drevin R. Lynch *
1935 John G. Penrod *
1936 F.G. Moore *
1937 J.J. Harbage *
1938 Harlan R. Atwood *
1939 C.C. Martin *
1940 John E. Zimmerman *
1941 Norman C. Smith *
1942 W. H Cashdollar *
1943 T. E. Bohanan *
1944 C.K. Sheppard *
1945 Thurman D. Stethem *
1946 Thomas G. Jester *
1947 Charles V. Lafferty *
1948 J.W. Johnson *
1949 Clyde F. Cochran *
1950 P.D. Badgerly *
1951 E.S. Tryon *
1952 Clyde P Graham *
1953 Donald C. Heald *
1954 Howard C. Garihan *
1955 Edward H. Tabert *
1956 John W. Welb *
1957 Foster M. Sims *
1958 Charles E. Griffith *
1959 H.E. Cashdollar *
1960 Harry A. Collins *
1961 Lawrence J. Raymond *
1962 Ronald L. Gooding *
1963 Charles E. Rector *
1964 William R. O‘Morrow*
1965 Paul H. Ward *
1966 Charles H. Vernon *
1967 Jack L. Allen
1968 K.R. Johnston *
1969 William Kipp *
1970 Jack Eierman *
1971 Charles Wemmer *
1972 Michael Lower *
1973 Charles Wagner *
1974 Edwin W. Emery *
1975 Robert W. Lingo *
1976 Robert C. Cloud (Demitted) *
1977 Wallace Ruskin*
1978 Richard A. Henry*
1979 Allen T. Van Noy
1980 John C. Kinney *
1981 Mylas Lyerla
1982 Jerome Preissler *
1983 Michael Rector
1984 Forest L. Hobbs (Demitted)
1985 Harry C. Linger *
1986 Melvin E. Thrasher
1987 Larry D. Blancett
1988 Joeddee Davis *
1989 Paul Rogers
1990 Michael Rector
1991 Larry Northrup
1992 Thomas Davis
1993 Steven J. Waspe
1994 Paul Dunaway
1995 Steve Petersheim *
1996 David LaRue
1997 William Wiggers
1998 Carl Fields
1999 Albert Wiggers III
2000 Carl Fields
2001 Robert Donahue
2002 Robert Rothe

Past Masters of Bexley Lodge #704

1929 Edward C. Mills *
1930 Paul H. Steen *
1931 William H. Hughes *
1932 William M. Barrett *
1933 Henry E. Eiselt *
1934 Nathan P. Holzbacher *
1935 Louis J. Hogan *
1936 Otto F. Rehn *
1937 John W. Evans *
1938 E. L. Murphy (Honorary) *
1938 Harold F. Anthony *
1939 E. Ray Cheatwood *
1940 Thomas E. Brand *
1941 Dewey Lusk *
1942 Allan W. Hoppe *
1943 William M. Ambacher *
1944 Carl S. Kendall *
1945 Russell E. Williams, Sr. *
1946 Harold F. Anthony *
1947 Harold Hanesworth *
1948 James Alexander *
1949 Rhys E. Wolcott *
1950 Kenneth S. Brown *
1951 Durward L. Sudduth *
1952 William C. Webb *
1953 Stanley C. Smith *
1954 Francis J. Howard *
1955 Fay L. Gullion *
1956 Charles W. Orr *
1957 Norman J. Shoemaker *
1958 Harvey A. Mayer *
1959 Gerald E. Pease *
1960 Raymond F. Wagenhorst, Sr. *
1961 Joseph H. Williams *
1962 Carl E. James *
1963 Richard J. Bull
1964 Web L. Davis, Jr.*
1965 Louben Yanevich *
1966 Thomas W. Tobin *
1967 Ray E. Rinderer *
1968 Robert L. Henshaw
1969 Percy H. Howry *
1970 P. Vaughn Droz *
1971 Vaughn L. Adams *
1972 James F. Lilley
1973 Mitchell Vuksanovich *
1974 George B. Click *
1975 William S. Watkins
1976 Gary D. Hilbinger *
1977 Timothy L. Squires *
1978 Walter F. Fike *
1979 Mitchell Vuksanovich *
1980 Stuart R. Bolin, III
1981 George W. Stevens
1982 Donald R. Middlemus *
1983 Lawrence E. Boyd
1984 Ray E. Rinderer*
1985 Charles S. Brubaker
1986 Daniel H. Dozer
1987 John T. White *
1988 Robert E. Tuttle
1989 Martin W. Nash
1990 Harold E. Caplinger *
1991 Richard S. Baker
1992 George G. Brintlinger *
1993 Stuart R. Bolin, III
1994 Stuart R. Bolin, III
1995 Martin W. Nash
1996 Martin W. Nash
1997 Ernest R. Haylor *
1998 Richard S. Baker
1999 Richard S. Baker
2000 Theodore P. Shannon
2001 Walter Pierce
2002 Walter Pierce
2003 Richard S. Baker
2004 Ken Beckholt
2005 John C. Jones
2006 Ken Beckholt

Past Masters of Caledonia Lodge #416

1868 Peter Copeland *
1869 W.T. Taylor *
1870 W.T. Taylor *
1871 S.W. Ranney *
1872 W.T. Taylor *
1873 S.W. Ranney *
1874 W.T. Taylor *
1875 D.B. Strait *
1876 W.T. Taylor *
1877 George Daily *
1878 W.S. Durant *
1879 H.H. McCurdy *
1880 J.B. Taylor *
1881 Homer Smith *
1882 Wm. T. Taylor *
1883 S.W. Ranney *
1884 T.S. Rhoads *
1885 H.W. Strait *
1886 George Daily *
1887 George D. Ulry *
1888 I.N. Smith *
1889 David Quinn *
1890 Simon Budd *
1891 C.W. Morrison *
1892 M.H. DeWitt *
1893 George Daily *
1894 J.B. Taylor *
1895 George D. Ulry *
1896 George B. Sisco *
1897 George B. Sisco *
1898 George B. Sisco *
1899 H.B. Taylor *
1900 George B. Sisco *
1901 William J. Weaver *
1902 George Daily *
1903 Fred Ulry *
1904 George B. Sisco *
1905 E.B. Taylor *
1906 George W. Triplett *
1907 George B. Sisco *
1908 George W. Triplett *
1909 George W. Triplett *
1910 O.C. Swickard *
1911 O.C. Swickard *
1912 O.C. Swickard *
1913 George W. Triplett *
1914 George Monroe *
1915 George Monroe *
1916 Charles R. Kidd *
1917 Charles R. Kidd *
1918 Guy L. Sumption *
1919 Guy L. Sumption *
1920 John W. Harmon *
1921 John W. Harmon *
1922 L.C. Burris *
1923 John F. (Frank) Stelzer *
1924 W.H. Morgan *
1925 Dayton M. Willis *
1926 Clarence L. Denune *
1927 Walter W. Jones *
1928 Charles Shull *
1929 Harry Baughman *
1930 Ben F. Moore *
1931 Glenn Roberts *
1932 Lewis H. Roberts *
1933 Charles L. Jones *
1934 L.D. Poth *
1935 Edwin A. Stelzer *
1936 Frank D. James *
1937 H. McKinley Swickard *
1938 Ralph Margarum *
1939 Fred E. Daily *
1940 R.C. Linscott *
1941 Fred L. Swickard *
1942 George E. Rousch *
1943 Roscoe M. Swain *
1944 H.A. Dickenson *
1945 Otis L. High *
1946 S.O. Nollengerger *
1947 Jack E. McDowell *
1948 Kenneth E. Weimer *
1949 Russell L. Lindenbolt *
1950 Evan S. Doran *
1951 Don C. Roush, Jr. *
1952 Phillip Lamneck *
1953 John Williamson *
1954 James Greenwalt *
1955 Robert Lamneck *
1956 Ivor Campbell *
1957 J. Vaughn Barnhart *
1958 Robert McClurg *
1959 Merrill W. Wright *
1960 F. Grant Hilbert *
1961 Charles E. Foulk *
1962 Lloyd H. Frazier *
1963 James L. Gray *
1964 James E. Stelzer
1965 Dale W. Harple *
1966 William E. Shawver *
1967 James E. Stelzer
1968 M. Dan Sumption *
1969 Samuel Pauley *
1970 Wallace P. House *
1971 Marion Green *
1972 Jerry Strait
1973 Raymond R. Wright *
1974 William A. Eggl *
1975 Edwin R. Holter *
1976 Donald Earl
1977 Rollie Shull *
1978 Edward Elkins *
1979 Sterling D. Packer *
1980 Neil E. Pannell *
1981 Raymond R. Wright *
1982 J. R. Jones *
1983 Russel E. Lantz
1984 Jimmey A. VanBibber *
1985 Wallace P. House II *
1986 Jimmey A. VanBibber *
1987 S. D. Packer *
1988 Russell D. Watts
1989 Eugene L. Guay
1990 Neil E. Pannell *
1991 Neil E. Pannell *
1992 Neil E. Pannell *
1993 William Ledsome *
1994 P. Pat Davis
1995 Eugene L. Guay
1996 Arthur A. Lofton, Jr.
1997 P. Pat Davis
1998 Forest C. Lucas
1999 Arthur A. Lofton, Jr.
2000 Arthur A. Lofton, Jr.
2001 Eugene L. Guay
2002 Forest C. Lucas

Footnote: The * symbol denotes deceased. Or as we denote in Masonry, passed on to the Celestial Lodge.