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Legend for chronology of our Past Masters:
On May 2nd, 2002 Sunrise Lodge #783 was established under consolidation of two lodges, Caledonia Lodge #416 and East Gate Lodge #603. On Feb. 8th, 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.