Village Voice - Summer 2023

Summer 2023

Vol. 33, No. 3

Masonic Villages include locations in Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley and Warminster.

Published by Masonic Villages’ Public Relations Department

Masonic Village, One Masonic Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022

717-367-1121, ext. 33383 or email pr@masonicvillages.org.

Masonic Villages is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Decisions concerning admissions, the provision of services and referral of residents are not based upon race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age (where minimum age for admission is met), sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, limited English Proficiency (LEP) or any other protected status.

Welcome, NEW LEADERSHIP!

Masonic Village at Elizabethtown has promoted Jennifer Graybill to personal care administrator.

In this position, she is responsible for day-to-day operations, leadership and development of employees providing personal care services for residents and acting as a liaison between the personal care department and other departments. She will ensure that care is provided for residents in a safe, caring and timely manner.

Serving as manager of nursing services since 2021, Jennifer has more than 15 years of nursing and administrative experience. She previously worked as a personal care administrator for Emerald Rehab and Healthcare and personal care administrator and admissions director for Elizabeth Manor.

She earned her diploma in practical nursing from Lancaster Career and Technology Center and is a licensed Personal Care Home Administrator.

Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill welcomed Angela Washington as director of human resources on April 24.

Masonic Villages has promoted Nicholas Mahler to vice president of mission advancement and development for the Masonic Charities, upon the retirement of Alvin Blitz, chief mission development officer, effective July 1, 2023.

In this role, Nick leads the office that provides communications with donors and stakeholders, donor assistance with charitable gift planning and development of capital campaigns to enhance mission endowments and capital projects. In addition, the office facilitates several member-based services through the Masonic Outreach Program, including the Widows’ Guild and financial home assistance.

Nick joined the Masonic Villages in 2015 as director of sales, admissions and outreach, serving most recently as the director of outreach and member services. Previously, he worked as a healthcare administrator for Brethren Village. Nick is a graduate of Penn State University and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Elizabethtown College.

Nick is a part of the LeadingAge PA Fellows in Leadership Program and a member of the Masonic Communities and Services Association.

In her role, she is responsible for ensuring federal, local and state standards are met for employment, compensation and labor relations. She is also responsible for implementing employee programs and benefit services and educating managers on personnel policy and wage administration.

Angela has an MBA in human resources management. She also obtained her Six Sigma Green Belt certification for project management from Clemson University. Angela brings more than 20 years of human resources experience to the role, including 12 years working directly with the senior population in the healthcare field and 10 years of benefits and compensation experience with design and implementation.

Previously, Angela worked as director of human resources at MPAC, formerly known as Bala Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Masonic Village at Elizabethtown has named Holli Wise director of sales and marketing, effective May 19.

Holli plans and organizes new strategies to achieve retirement living occupancy goals. Her responsibilities include interacting with prospective residents to market Masonic Village services and facilities, developing an annual operating and capital budget, and leading and supervising the department’s sales associates.

Holli brings 20 years of experience in healthcare administration. She previously worked as the director of sales and marketing at Priority Life Care.

Jennifer Graybill

Nick Mahler

Holli Wise

Angela Washington

Lifting Herself UP

A box of cat litter inspired Maria Hersey to embark on a wellness journey and take control of her future.

Just prior to her move to Masonic Village at Elizabethtown last year, Maria’s husband, Rob, passed away. While she felt safe and welcomed in her new community, she wanted to feel more independent. After a visit to the store, where she needed assistance lifting a 44-pound box of cat litter into her cart and then into her car, Maria knew, “I wanted a change,” she said.

Maria started her strength training last September by visiting the Baird Wellness Center at Masonic Village. Using kettlebells at first, she lifted 40 and then 50 lbs. After observing Maria’s form, Lydia Kraft, wellness specialist, felt she would be an ideal candidate to try a deadlift exercise, which is lifting a barbell off the ground to about hip level before placing it back down.

Maria wasn’t sure what a deadlift was but was up for the challenge. Lydia explained the proper form to prevent injuries. Her goal for Maria was 100 lbs., but Maria’s goal was 110 lbs. After achieving this feat, Maria aimed for 115 and then 120 lbs. With Lydia by her side, she lifted the bar with ease.

“This is just fun. Lydia kept me safe. She’s very protective. There was never any pain or strain on my body,” Maria said. “It makes you feel powerful. You can’t always depend on someone else. I didn’t want to have to always ask my neighbors for help. I wanted to be in control and take charge of my life.”

In addition to offering fitness and aquatics classes, the Baird Wellness Center provides wellness and nutrition coaching and can help with stress management. Lydia and other staff can help residents develop a concrete wellness goal, and they’ll build a program around it.

“We have a discussion about their needs, health or any injuries and their likes,” Lydia said.

“Maria was choosing empowerment. The deadlift takes your whole body. People may not realize they do it every day when they move furniture or other things at home or work in their garden.”

“Lydia and I work collaboratively,” Maria said. “Whatever challenges she sends my way, I try my best to tackle. Not only do I trust her professional judgement, but I also value her positive attitude and unwavering support.”

When Lydia suggested she compete in the Senior Games, Maria was intrigued. An active walker, she had never done anything like that before and didn’t think it was possible. Just shy of her 80th birthday, she took part in the 2023 Lancaster Senior Games and placed third in her age group with a 120 pound-deadlift.

Maria’s prior fitness activities included leading an exercise band class, called Band Together, through which she taught older individuals to gain strength and flexibility using resistance bands. She’s also taken tai chi, fitness drum and SilverSneakers® classes in the past and currently participates in aquatics classes at Masonic Village. She also prefers using the high intensity stepper at the wellness center or walking in the indoor tunnels.

“You may not feel as strong as you get older,” Maria said. “So it’s important to find something you like and get involved. It’s helpful to start moving because physical activity is one of the most important things we can do for our health. Work with someone who knows what they’re doing, and they’ll take you at the right pace.”

Moving to Masonic Village was a good decision for Maria for many reasons. She joined a widow’s group and a book club and volunteers at the Clubhouse library.

“I live on a very social and welcoming street and have made many friends. Coming here as a recent widow, they took me in and kept me going,” Maria said of her neighbors on Truman Drive. “There is something here for everyone. It’s a full life.”

As for her wellness journey, her next goal is to do the bench press.

“Who thought I’d be doing this? I’m an Italian grandma you’d expect to be cooking a big pot of pasta, not lifting 120 lbs.,” Maria said. “It’s one of the best things that ever happened to me.”

COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORT

As a nonprofit organization, and as part of our Mission of Love, Masonic Villages extends services to surrounding communities and individuals of all ages. Efforts have focused on enhancing local businesses and nonprofits, supporting economic development, enriching students, engaging children, assisting those in need and encouraging residents’ participation.

The Masonic Villages proudly provided $48.5 million of charitable care and services across Pennsylvania in 2022. In addition, we gave more than $362,108 in scholarships, donations to local emergency services providers, internships and community assistance to our neighbors in Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill, Sewickley and Warminster.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

Masonic Villages works with other organizations to help fulfill needs in the community, some of which also benefit our residents.

For the eighth year, Masonic Village at Dallas collaborated with the physical therapy department at Misericordia University on a Balance & Fall Prevention Program. The program encourages good health, exercise and wellbeing, while giving students real-life field experience.

To benefit Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS), which runs a winter shelter at St. Paul’s Methodist Church for those with emergency living needs, Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s environmental services department washed 3,900 pounds of sheets, blankets, comforters and towels free of charge, donating staff time valued at approximately $2,262.

Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill hosted the Prodigy Learning Center annual kindergarten graduation (shown above). Students from the center visit with residents throughout the year for intergenerational bonding.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT

As an institute of purely public charity, Masonic Villages is not required to pay real estate taxes; however, we understand the importance of helping to pay for important community services. Through Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreements signed in Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill and Sewickley, we paid $2,411,880 to local boroughs, townships, counties and school districts in 2022.

Supporting the local economy is also a priority. Through contracts with 339 businesses in the Dallas, Elizabethtown, Lafayette Hill and Sewickley areas, Masonic Villages purchased approximately $5.63 million of products and services.

DONATIONS

Masonic Villages seeks ways to support other charitable organizations whenever possible. We contributed $44,372 to fire and EMS companies, libraries and other causes in 2022.

Efforts also included:

• Donations of clothing and books to Salvation Army, Goodwill, libraries and other local thrift stores, and collections of food items for local food banks. In Warminster, residents and staff held a baby drive to collect boxes of essential items for Bucks County Children & Youth Services to distribute to families in need. An Eagle Scout also collected items for newborns in foster care as part of his Eagle Scout project. Residents even made blankets.

• The Masonic Village Farm Market donated produce weekly to the Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown, East Donegal-Conoy Food Banks and the Elizabethtown First Church of God meal program. During their Photos with Santa events, the Farm Market accepted donations for MS FitEffect, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for people living with Multiple Sclerosis, raising $430 for the program.

• Masonic Village Hospice raised more than $9,700 for the 2022 Relay for Life of Lancaster, benefiting the American Cancer Society, and they were an Event Caregiver Sponsor.

• We contributed $15,000 to the Elizabethtown Area Education Foundation to help generate support for the foundation’s grant program to enhance learning experiences in the classroom and beyond.

• At Masonic Villages’ Elizabethtown and Sewickley locations, we awarded $25,000 in scholarships to 10 graduating high school seniors and college students who volunteered at least 100 hours with us during their high school years.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Masonic Villages is proud to work with local schools and universities to welcome students seeking internships and job shadow experiences to help enhance their formal education.

In 2022, across the state, interns joined us in the public relations, marketing and spiritual care departments.

“Throughout the experience, I gained a new confidence in myself when I was being trusted with the tasks at hand. I gained knowledge in the background of marketing and how to help people see why such a service or product is right for them. I learned the importance of writing everything down and staying organized.”

~ Elisabeth Azarewicz, a health care management major at Misericordia University who will graduate in 2023, gained invaluable experience during her internship at Masonic Village at Dallas.

Trisha Lamb, Masonic Village at Warminster activities director, with Eagle Scout Alex

Team MVS at the “More Than Pink” Walk

In clinical settings, including the pharmacy, music therapy, therapeutic recreation, recreation, social services, home health, food services and environmental services departments, staff supervised 43 students for an estimated 7,141 hours – time valued at approximately $40,538*.

*Based on national community benefits reporting standards, 20% of staff time overseeing students in a clinical setting may be quantified as a community benefit.

For several years, Masonic Village at Elizabethtown has teamed up with Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 to offer students internships and realworld job experiences in environmental services and other fields. We hosted nine students in 2022.

“Interns benefit from being fully immersed into Masonic Village and becoming one of the team. Masonic Village supervisors and staff work alongside IU13 staff and interns to make it a truly collaborative and realistic working experience for the intern,” Holly Simmers, IU13 job trainer, said.

Life Skills students from Plymouth Whitemarsh High School worked with the food services and environmental services departments at Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill for community-based training.

OUTREACH AND HOME ASSISTANCE

Funded through generous contributions, the Masonic Children’s Home in Elizabethtown does not charge individuals, organizations or the state or federal government for its services. It provides a home for up to 40 youth who are being raised by aging grandparents or who come from various social or economic environments which do not provide necessary security and support. In 2022, the Elizabethtown Area School District received $397,323 through reciprocity agreements with the school districts from which the children come to us.

Youth at the Masonic Children’s Home, led by Masonic Village at Elizabethtown resident Sonja Alcon, sorted through plastic caps and lids collected by the local community to send to Green Tree Plastics’ ABC Promise Partnership in Illinois, which makes benches out of the recycled plastics for elementary schools. Thanks to their efforts, benches were provided for Bainbridge Elementary School and the children’s home. Students can sit on buddy benches if they are looking for another student to play with them.

Masonic Village’s Outreach Program distributed $8,400 in home assistance support to individuals and families. The program also operates a Durable Medical Loan Equipment Closet, which provides equipment to  families on a short-term basis at no cost. We supplied wheelchairs, walkers, canes, shower chairs and other equipment to 10 individuals in 2022.

Last year, in Elizabethtown, an average of eight individuals, including community members and Masonic Village residents, participated in the monthly Dementia Caregiver Support & Education Group. The Bereavement Support Group served 136 family members during meetings held in Elizabethtown, Mount Joy and Lancaster. Masonic Village contributed approximately $4,561, including 100 hours of staff time, materials and classroom space, toward these support groups.

RESIDENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Many of Masonic Villages’ residents are active in the community.

Masonic Village at Dallas residents participated in an Adopt a Road project to help clean up nearby Country Club Road and volunteered at the Back Mountain Food Pantry, along with donating nonperishable goods and $4,340 to support its mission. They also contributed donations to Toys for Tots and Pyramid Healthcare. For the holidays, residents assembled 96 care packages for Meadows Nursing Home and provided holiday cookies to the Dallas Township Police Department.

Intern Elisabeth Azarewicz of Misericordia University

As “Team MVS,” Masonic Village at Sewickley residents and staff raised over $15,000 for breast cancer research as part of their participation in the 2022 Susan G. Komen West Pennsylvania “More Than Pink” walk. Resident Edie Yeager was the top individual fundraiser in Pennsylvania, while Team MVS was the top group fundraiser. A group of residents donated 45 blankets and six quilts for Project Linus, a national nonprofit organization which donates blankets to children in hospitals, shelters, social service agencies or anywhere a need arises. Residents and other friends of the Woodworking Group made toy trucks throughout the year, sold them and donated the proceeds to the Shriners Hospitals for Children. In total, $500 was donated, as well as handmade toys, in 2022.

Through the sales of handmade floral arrangements, jewelry, blankets, cards, gift bags and more, the Craft Group at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown raises money to support others. In 2022, they donated proceeds to numerous Masonic and community charities, including $1,500 to Northwest EMS and $1,500 to Friendship Fire & Hose. The Retirement Living Residents’ Association gave $1,000 to Northwest EMS and $1,000 to the Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown. The Masonic Village Piece Maker Quilt group, comprised of 30 women, gave money from their sales to campus groups and $1,000 to Northwest EMS. They also sent quilts to the Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund.

The Grey Lions of Elizabethtown, Masonic Village’s Penn State alumni interest group, awarded five $1,000 scholarships in 2022 to deserving Penn State students.

Residents of the Bleiler Caring Cottage participated in several community service projects, including packing and handing out food to children in need in Hershey through Cocoa Packs, repacking food for local food pantries through Midwest Food Bank, picking up trash at the Elizabethtown Borough Community Park and writing thank you cards to veterans who work and live at Masonic Village.

SELL CHAPEL

Through the Congregation of Sell Chapel’s Community Outreach ministry, members donated $46,621 in offerings toward ECHOS, The Children’s Playroom of Lancaster, Hope Within, Communities That Care, Naaman Center, the Christmas Shop, the Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown, Cornerstone Youth Center, the CROP Walk and the Emergency Fund, which has helped during floods and tornadoes.

View our full Community Report online at MasonicVillages.org/about/community-report.

Representatives from the Order of the Eastern Star, Masonic Village and Bainbridge Elementary School

Caring Careers

Those who work in a medical profession need the knowledge to cure and the heart to care. For Masonic Village residents, whether they were bringing a new life into the world, bandaging a skinned knee or offering mental health guidance, they were impacting people’s lives in unforgettable ways. Offering comfort and healing for someone in a time of need is rewarding for both the receiver and the giver.

A PROPER DOSE OF Compassion

It takes a specialized education, technical knowledge and a strong attention to detail to be a nurse anesthetist. It also takes a desire to help others.

For more than 40 years, Masonic Village at Dallas resident Barry Blannett used a mix of precise skills and a caring heart as a nurse anesthetist to aid thousands of patients, including many who were entering this world for the first time.

Barry’s mother was a nurse, and he decided it was a good profession. He went to school for nursing, knowing he’d go into anesthesiology. He attended the Medical College of Virginia for his master’s degree in 1977 and spent four years practicing in Virginia. He served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Reserve for 10 years and was stationed across the United States.

His next stop was Geisinger Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, with his wife, Marlene, where he remained for 40 years.

Nurse anesthetists provide pain medication (anesthesia) care for patients before, during and after surgery. They administer medications to keep patients asleep or pain-free during surgery and constantly monitor patients’ biological functions.

Throughout his career, he was most proud of how he cared for patients. Barry also enjoyed training future nurse anesthetists to make sure they liked what they were doing. He was a department manager for more than 30 years at Geisinger, while providing patient care, too.

He specialized in all types of anesthesia, but the most rewarding was being part of delivering babies. Barry estimates he helped deliver around 1,000 babies throughout his career.

Throughout four decades in practice, he saw lots of changes in his field. There was a constant need for continuing education.

“From when I first trained in 1975, I had to constantly be on top of my game and my ability to give anesthesia,” Barry said. “The greatest advancement I saw was in cardiac anesthesiology, which was a more complex type.”

A proud Eagle Scout, Barry’s choice of a career which served others fell in line with how he was raised.

“I grew up that way,” he said. “I was always a volunteer of some type, giving back to people and all they gave me. My parents taught me to give back to others, especially children.”

Barry served as a Kingston Borough Council Member and was involved in coaching Little League. He is a 35-year member of Kingston Lodge No. 395. He and Marlene have two children and four grandchildren.

They moved to Masonic Village at Dallas two years ago. An avid golfer, Barry had visited the Irem Country Club many times, and when he saw the villas at Masonic Village being constructed in 2006, he decided it would be a great place to retire. He still enjoys golfing, as well as fly fishing and spending time outdoors.

While his career was very rewarding, Barry appreciates being able to relax now, especially knowing he trained many new professionals who have taken the reigns.

“You miss the people you work with and other nurse anesthetists,” he said.

“Administering anesthesia was technically difficult, so there is some relief in handing it off to younger practitioners. You always wanted to make sure you did no harm.”

“For anesthetists, the most important part is making sure people are pain-free and recover from the anesthesia,” Barry said.

LIFE LESSONS from a School Nurse

When reflecting on her former profession as a school nurse, Masonic Village at Elizabethtown resident Anna Belser recalls some bumps and bruises along the way, but also many fond memories and success stories.

Nearing high school graduation, Anna knew her options were limited. “What you could do is be a housewife and get married, go to business school, nursing or education,” she said.

However, the recent high school graduate knew she wanted to be a nurse. “It is caring, and that appealed to me,” she said.

Following graduation in 1952, Anna attended Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing. Three years of instruction and $225 in tuition later, she graduated as a registered nurse. Soon after, she got married and journeyed to Indiana to start a new life, where she secured a job at Wabash County Hospital in obstetrics.

As Anna’s family continued to grow, she decided it would be best to pause her nursing career. “It just became too much,” she said.

However, after moving back to Pennsylvania, the opportunity arose for Anna to return to her profession. She eagerly took the chance, except this time as a school nurse.

The new position required Anna to journey back to school, and she commuted to Millersville University for two years, acquiring a bachelor’s degree in school nursing. Yet, her academic journey did not stop there.

She would attend Dixon University Center, in Harrisburg, to complete 12 more academic credits. Finally, Anna was deemed an accredited school nurse.

This long academic journey led Anna to a 27-year vocation. In 1969, she was hired as one of 12 school nurses for Central Dauphin School District. This new position never failed to keep her busy, as she would travel around to four different schools in the district, including Tri-Community, Chamber Hill, Rutherford and Middle Paxton.

Being a school nurse was never easy, but she enjoyed the fun age of elementary school students. The kindergarten students who became recurring visitors at her office were some of her favorites. She recalls one student who would visit every day with a new “boo-boo” to show her. After a few too many visits to her office, she informed the kindergartener’s teacher of the situation.

“It was a good career,” she said. “I enjoyed it!”

“The kids were very interesting,” Anna said.

“I finally said, ‘Look, this child is pulling your leg!’” Anna said.

In addition to the students, Anna loved the teachers she worked with. To be excused to her office, a student was required to have a completed First Aid Slip by the teacher. One sixth grade teacher excused a student to her office with a slip saying, “The window was open and influenza.” This particularly witty teacher never failed to make the nurse laugh. Instructors like this made Anna’s work both amusing and worthwhile.

In January of 1996, at the age of 62, Anna ended her nursing career and retired from the Central Dauphin School District.

“I always wanted to be a mother, and I felt guilty from day one until the end because I wasn’t home,” she said.

Setting this guilt aside, Anna would realize that her career became a rewarding memory of her life story:

Along with laughs in the nurse’s office came moments of seriousness. Anna remembered one situation where a student had been rushed to her room with a broken arm. She did not have any splints on hand at the time.

“I had to improvise,” Anna said.

Acting quickly, she swaddled the boy’s arm with newspaper and fastened it with an Ace bandage and a sling to ensure immobility. This situation would become what Anna considers one of her many success stories as, “the parents were very grateful for this,” she said.

Anna’s role as a school nurse had an array of responsibilities. For the four schools she reported to, she scheduled all students’ height, weight and vision tests required by the state. She also recorded all accident reports, administered scheduled student medications and responded to first aid needs. Unlike today’s nurses, “we didn’t have laptops and iPads, so this was all handwritten,” she said. The lack of electronics did not influence Anna’s ability to do her job well.

Anna made the move to Masonic Village at Elizabethtown in 2017 and adores her cottage on Franklin Drive. She has found an unexpected love for writing and reflecting on her life. She wrote and printed a book called, “Stories of My Life.” In one of the closing chapters, she takes time to describe her experience at Masonic Village. She wrote, “I’m feeling renewed in a way I never expected. I feel very blessed to experience life in a friendly, beautiful area.”

No longer bandaging scrapes and icing boo-boos, Anna can feel the satisfaction of having provided comfort and aid to thousands of children throughout her career.

By Camdyn Lehman, public relations associate

“It was just a lot of fun to be there, and it was an enjoyable working experience,” she said.

“Being with the students and doing what I could for them was the most rewarding, and I was very proud of what I accomplished,” she said.

Matters of the Mind

Judy Carman has always been fascinated by how the brain works. The Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill resident spent decades working as a clinical psychologist, only retiring seven years ago.

Judy served as director of clinical services at a residential treatment center in Pennsylvania. Before that, she worked at Wordsworth Academy in Philadelphia, a day school and residential treatment center for children with psychological problems and learning difficulties.

While she was at Wordsworth, Judy earned clinical hours so she could sit for the state psychological exam. At night, she worked at a residential treatment center for adults who suffered from brain injuries. She and a few co-workers felt like they could make more of an impact on their own, so they decided to open a new facility, Success Neuro Rehabilitation, where Judy spent almost 30 years before retiring.

Although retired, Judy reads several academic journals and continues to learn more about her career field.

“Only recently did research bring about a change in how you treat traumatic brain injury,” she said. “I’m interested in learning more about it because I find it fascinating. We’re learning more about Alzheimer’s disease. That seems to be the primary focus at this point. By doing that, we are learning more about the brain in general.”

Judy earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Temple University and was certified as an English, history and social sciences teacher for the state of Pennsylvania. She taught English at Germantown High School and Northeast High School for a few years before having her first child.

“My advisor during that period of time had started her graduate degree in educational psychology, and I thought it sounded interesting,” she said. “I took a course and decided to major in educational psychology.”

Judy earned her master’s and doctorate degrees in psychoeducational processing from Temple, where she studied organizational development, group dynamics and psychology.

After retirement, she lived in a 55 and older community in Upper Gwynedd.

“It was a really lovely place with lots to do, but I knew I needed more assistance,” she said.

One of her two sons learned about Masonic Village because his wife worked for a nearby hospice.

Success Neuro Rehabilitation, which is still open, is primarily an inpatient facility catering to individuals who need assistance with activities of daily living, Judy said. Other patients simply need help accepting that they are not the same person they once were, due to brain injuries from car accidents and strokes.

“It is truly a full-service company,” she said. “We offer all of the modalities that are needed, from physical therapy to occupational therapy to speech and job coaching.”

Judy said her biggest takeaway from working at Success was “how difficult it is to give up on the dreams you might have.”

“I really like not having to make my own dinner, because I get tired of my cooking,” she said. “Since I had a car accident in May, physical therapy and occupational therapy come to my apartment daily. The fact that I have access to all these services is great. Everyone is very supportive of me.”

For Judy, it’s important to keep her brain active, whether it’s reading books or working on a puzzle.

“I had a very fulfilling and fascinating career,” she said. “It was a very challenging and rewarding trip with all the different patients and clients. I’ll never forget it.”

“It was initially filling a big need,” Judy said. “We were caught up in the excitement of starting something on our own. There were times when it was scary in the first couple of years, having enough money to make payroll.”

“We’d have someone who thought they would graduate from Penn and go to medical school, suddenly realizing they now have difficulty with basic math, their speech has deficits and they can’t move around. Acceptance isn’t an easy thing.”

A Heart for Children

As a pediatrician, Dr. David Hennessey had a reputation for being able to diagnose patients who other doctors couldn’t – a talent he credits to one simple skill: listening to his young patients’ mothers.

“Other diagnosticians just wanted to run tests,” he said. “If you listen carefully, you can come up with a diagnosis. Keep your mouth shut, and let the mother explain the problem. Then you can put all the pieces of the puzzle together.”

Dave’s journey to being a doctor/detective started as a sophomore in college. He and several friends sat in their dorm room one day discussing what they’d do after graduation. Enjoying student life, they knew they had two main options for continuing their education: law or medical school.

As a biology major, Dave chose the medical route. With a 2.3 GPA, he buckled down and studied hard to pull up his grades and was accepted into medical school. Being near-sighted, he realized becoming a surgeon wasn’t an option. With many family members who were teachers, he knew he loved being with children and appreciated their resiliency, so he selected pediatrics as his specialty.

Dave earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1971 and completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, Good Samaritan Hospital.

After graduation, knowing he’d be drafted into the military, he volunteered to serve in the U.S. Air Force. He was assigned to a base in Utah, where he learned of an opportunity in England to serve as a consultant pediatrician. At the Royal Air Force Lakenheath Hospital, he served as one of three pediatricians, who cared for 300 newborns every year, as well as all of the hospitalized American children in Great Britain.

After completing his military service, Dave wanted to bring pediatrics to a rural area where there was a need for doctors, and he spent his early career practicing in Titusville, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Anne, then settled near Pittsburgh, and he joined Sewickley Valley Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in Wexford in 1986, eventually being named a partner. Dave practiced there for 33 years, until his retirement in 2019.

Dave’s work had its rewards and its challenges. He credits his education at “one of the finest medical colleges in the country” with teaching him to make careful observations and detailed history taking.

Dave feels fortunate to be able to count on one hand the number of times he diagnosed leukemia. Early in his practice, the condition was uniformly fatal, but by the end of his 45-year career, 70% of patients were cured. The treatment of cancer was the biggest breakthrough he witnessed, along with the surgical interventions for congenital heart disease. Babies who previously wouldn’t have survived were “right as rain” in 24 hours.

“I was inspired by the children themselves and mothers and what they could do, and what they had to go through with what they were given,” he said. “Especially kids who were diagnosed with leukemia or cancer.”

One of the most challenging parts of his job was being on-call 24/7 for babies being born at Sewickley Valley Hospital. In the event they needed resuscitation, as the primary care pediatrician, he would be called in during the middle of the night once every two weeks or so. He would then have to report for his regular shift at 7 a.m., having had little or no sleep.

In addition to his full-time work, for 19 years, Dave volunteered for medical mission trips to Guatemala to provide pediatric care in rural areas. He served indigenous populations located in the mountains. Desperately poor, the people lived in thatched huts with a small hole in the center where smoke from a fire could escape. He treated a lot of respiratory ailments resulting from living in smoke-filled rooms. He’d bring along medicines donated from American drug companies.

In recognition of his mission work in Guatemala, the Pennsylvania Medical Society honored him with one of its Everyday Hero Awards in 2019.

After his retirement, Dave, Anne and their two dogs moved to the Masonic Village at Sewickley last January. He’s taken up art classes, tends to his small garden plot and as a past president of the Sewickley Public Library, loves to visit the campus library.

“Masonic Village is just wonderful,” he said. “I love the art studio or sitting by myself and reading.”

As for his career, he doesn’t miss the on-call hours, but there are many rewarding memories he holds onto.

“I miss the babies and the mothers – that wonderful duo,” he said. “Other specialties would say you’re nothing more than a veterinarian. Your patients can’t talk to you. I always had two patients: the baby and the mother. Sometimes the mother was more challenging than the baby. You just had to keep your eyes and ears open. It was always wonderful when you had healthy kids.”

“Medicine advanced by leaps and bounds over my time in practice,” he said. “I loved being on the ground floor of all the wonderful changes.”

“You’d see diseases you wouldn’t see here,” he said. “Things that could easily be treatable if you had the right medicine. It was both heartbreaking and wonderful. You’d board a plane in Dallas or Houston, and in four or five hours, land in Guatemala City amidst desperate poverty.”

Committed TO CARING

For resident Jan (Janet) Smith, moving to Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill was a full circle moment.

She first learned about Masonic Villages in the 1970s, while a member of a student Christian organization at Lebanon Valley College. Members threw a party for the youth at the Masonic Children’s Home in Elizabethtown.

Many years later, in the early 2000s, Jan was teaching nursing at La Salle University. She brought her students to Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill to volunteer with the residents as part of a public health rotation.

“When they were here, I became friends with Jane Strock [a retirement living resident at the time],” she said. “Down the road, I had been thinking about where to live, and Jane encouraged me to get on the waiting list at Masonic Village.”

Jan moved to Masonic Village in August 2021. She’s one of a handful of residents who still work part-time. She is currently an adjunct instructor of psychiatric nursing at Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, an advanced practice nurse at The Hospice of Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association and a utilization management coordinator (talks to insurance companies and advocates for patients) at Fairmount Behavioral Health Service in Philadelphia.

“There’s such a need for people to teach now,” she said. “Schools are limiting enrollment because there are not enough staff, the job doesn’t pay well and COVID has had an effect in that a lot of nurses who might think about teaching do not want to go into hospitals and teach students in the hospital setting. I like working in mental health because it’s an area people don’t really understand. Mental health issues are so prevalent and have been overlooked for so long.”

Jan wanted to be a nurse since high school. Both her parents were teachers and encouraged her to follow that path. She initially majored in elementary education but later earned a business administration degree from Lebanon Valley College. She soon realized what she really wanted to do was help people, so after graduating, she decided to pursue nursing.

Jan’s first job out of college was as a nurse in the open heart and general surgery unit at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

“The patients were scared because they came in a week prior to their open-heart surgery, so they had all this time to think about what was going to happen to them, and it got me more interested in mental health and home care,” she said. “After my first year there, I moved to the psychiatric unit.”

Throughout her nearly 50-year career, Jan worked as head nurse in the drug and alcohol unit at Eugenia Hospital in Lafayette Hill. She also was assistant director of mental health nursing at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Philadelphia. She was a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist at Albert Einstein Medical Center Hospice in Philadelphia.

When that program closed, Jan began teaching at La Salle University. For 10 years, she taught mental health, community health and medication math (introduction to nursing). At that time, she was still working part-time at the hospice in New Jersey, at Charter Fairmount Institute in Philadelphia and teaching at Widener University.

She said it was important to teach her students that patients in the psychiatric ward were “real people.”

“They were apprehensive because they’d never experienced it,” she said.

“Usually there is violence associated with mental health issues on TV and in movies. I also help students learn how to communicate with patients therapeutically. If you say, for example, ‘I hate my job,’ a therapeutic response is, ‘tell me more about that.’ You use open-ended questions to get them to open up. It helps the patients figure out answers to their issues.”

Jan also published numerous research studies and articles in nursing journals. The first study she published in 1981, “Improving Drug Knowledge in Psychiatric Patients,” was particularly groundbreaking.

“Back then, nobody thought you should teach patients, especially those with psychiatric problems, about medications,” she said. “After my paper, they had cards printed up about the major medications for both the medical and psychiatric patients.”

“I’ve seen a lot over the years,” she said. “It’s hard to hear that a person committed suicide after [leaving] the hospital. I try to set boundaries for myself, not take work home with me and utilize self-care and a support system to cope with any issues.”

Jan said she’s considering retiring from her work endeavors, but not in the immediate future.

“I don’t like turning down time,” she said. “I enjoy what I do. When you need to keep taking trips to Georgia and North Carolina, it helps to have money.”

In her spare time, Jan enjoys reading, taking online educational classes and cooking.

“I was thrilled when I moved here that there was a brand new kitchen with brand new appliances,” she said. “I cook a lot now.”

Jan is a life member of both the American Nurses Association and the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association.

She grew up in Northeast Philadelphia and lived in Roxborough for 40 years. She has two nieces and four grandnieces and nephews she visits twice a year in North Carolina and Georgia.

Jan earned a Bachelor of Nursing degree from Holy Family University, a master’s degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in health care administration and a doctorate in nursing practice, both from La Salle University. She earned all her degrees while working full-time.

She said working with adult patients and children as young as 5 who have experienced trauma and abuse can be overwhelming sometimes.

Jan runs the welcoming committee at Masonic Village, making new residents feel comfortable and at home. She puts notes under their doors when they move in and schedules in-person welcome visits.

“It helps them make the transition,” she said. “I don’t think anybody here talks about how difficult the transition is going to be. Because of my interest in communications, I’m also on the communications committee. We’re trying to improve communications between residents and staff and how residents get their information. I enjoy being involved.”

“Nursing is a science field, but there’s also an art to nursing – how you individualize it, how you help people,” she said. “Over the years, the field has expanded a lot. There are so many things to do with nursing, not just in a hospital setting.”

YOUTH APPRECIATION DAY: Growing Strong Side by Side

As a ballroom full of staff, family members, educators and donors watched, the 33 residents of the Masonic Children’s Home were celebrated for their academic, athletic and extracurricular achievements at the 99th annual Youth Appreciation Day.

The two seniors, Joy and Breanne, shared their gratitude for all those who have helped them grow stronger along the way, while providing encouragement for the younger children who will follow in their footsteps.

Joy, 18, from Philadelphia, kept a busy schedule during school. She was captain of the varsity lacrosse team and the varsity cheerleading team. She was involved with the pep club and co-leader of the student lighthouse team (a group of student leaders who aim to create an inclusive environment at school). She was also a member of the Human Rights Club and a mentor for young girls at the intermediate school, among other activities.

Breanne, 18, from Elizabethtown, will attend Millersville University in the fall, where she plans to study psychology.

“I just find it interesting,” she said. “I like learning about the brain and how people work.”

Breanne came to the children’s home in the seventh grade, along with her two younger sisters, Paige and Hailey. She has enjoyed her time because she gets along with the other girls and the house parents are always “nice and inviting.”

“They give me everything I need and guide me,” she said. “They allowed me to further my education, so that’s good.”

Breanne played lacrosse at Elizabethtown Area High School and was a part-time cashier at Weis grocery store. She’s grateful for the trips she took while at the children’s home and the events she took part in, including Youth Appreciation Day.

Joy came to the children’s home in 2018 with her younger sister and appreciates all the opportunities she has been given.

“I really appreciate being here,” Breanne said. “I want to thank the generous donors for making this all possible. Without you all, none of us would be here today. You’ve changed lives, and I, along with everyone else, are so grateful.”

Joy took an advanced health careers class at Lancaster County Career & Technical Training (CTC) and plans to major in nursing at Penn State University this fall.

Joy is thankful for everything she has received at the children’s home. She was given many tools that will come in handy in the future. She also praises the house parents, whom she connected with over time, and donors.

“The relationships I’ve made are wonderful, but all the things I’ve been able to do have really built me up,” she said. “I know they will be very useful to me. My gratitude extends to the donors who have generously contributed to the children’s home. Your kindness and generosity have made a profound difference in the lives of us children. Your support has opened doors and created pathways for a brighter future, and for that, we are forever grateful.

“I just wanted to make a difference in school and have an impact in any way possible,” she said.

“The things I’m doing now would not have been possible if I hadn’t come here,” she said.

“May the children’s home always be a beacon of hope and love for generations to come.”

Graduates (l-r): Breanne and Joy

“We have kids who can be confident they’ve been given the tools to be successful, no matter what they decide to do,” Grand Master of Pennsylvania Masons Jeffrey Wonderling said. “To all our children you’re blessed with having everything you need to succeed, you just have to go out there and do it. There will be ups and downs, but you will succeed.”

FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Following the Youth Appreciation Day program, two plaques for the Masonic Children’s Home Donor Recognition Garden were dedicated. One was in memory of Russell Trimmer, who served the children’s home from 1946-1972 as superintendent and director, and his wife, Viola. The other plaque was dedicated in memory of Dr. Jim Stark.

Russell and Viola’s son, Tom Trimmer and his wife, Carol, from Newburg, North Carolina, attended the event and made a gift in his parents’ memory. Russell and Viola nurtured and loved the youth at the children’s home for 26 years. As Russell wrote in his memoirs, “one of the greatest gifts God has given mankind is a child.”

Jim’s wife, Fran Stark, came from Anaheim, California, alongside her two daughters, Sandra and Tracy, to attend the dedication. She and Jim have been generous donors to the Masonic Children’s Home for many years. Jim served on the Masonic Temple’s John Wanamaker Research Center Committee and the Masonic Villages Building and Grounds Subcommittee. He served in the U.S. Navy in WWII and graduated from Grove City College. He had a lifelong passion for education and went on to earn two master’s and two doctorate degrees, and he

taught at Pepperdine University, Northrop University, West Coast University and Ambassador College.

With the support of donors, staff, family and one another, the youth at the Masonic Children’s Home can grow stronger and more confident in a future with limitless possibilities.

Stark Family

Trimmer Family

Children and staff pictured at the 98th Youth Appreciation Day

For the Enjoyment of All

As he explored the campus, David saw the courtyard next to Franklin’s Press in the Freemasons Cultural Center and thought the space needed something to make it livelier and more inviting.

The new waterfall located in a courtyard outside Franklin’s Press café at the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown fits effortlessly into a previously underutilized space. For those enjoying lunch or just looking for a moment of peace, it is a welcome sanctuary.

For donors David and Lisa Law, residents of Masonic Village, it was the perfect way to remember and honor David’s sister, Sally Law, who left an afterglow among family, friends and colleagues with her remarkable professional accomplishments, infectious laugh, insatiable love of travel and, most of all, kind heart.

Sally had a waterfall at her home, which she designed herself thanks to her knack for making things beautiful, so it is a fitting tribute to her life and legacy.

David and Lisa moved to the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown in August 2019. A Mason for 44 years, David always knew about the community, and they both knew if something ever happened to one of them, they’d be taken care of at Masonic Village.

The Landscape Department worked with the Laws’ design to create the waterfall, which runs year-round. An automated door was added to the courtyard, so anyone can easily visit the space using a scooter, walker or wheelchair. The Laws provided additional funds when repairs are needed in the future.

Dedicated in May, residents and staff have expressed appreciation for the beautiful waterfall and how it has brought new life to that area of the campus.

“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.

I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.”

~ Poet Helen Lowrie Marshall

“We appreciate the beauty, the services provided and the stability,” Lisa said.

“We wanted to do something to help people take their mind off their problems. I know how therapeutic the sound of water falling is, and it can help take your thoughts to a better place,” David said.

“It was the perfect spot. Everyone can sit out here and enjoy the beauty of it.”

After being the only woman to take the securities exam at George Washington University, she started her own firm. Her accomplishments include being the first woman appointed to Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.’s Chairman’s Council, which recognizes top-performing financial advisors.

Sally’s clients became her friends, and her client’s children became her clients. It was more than a job for her.

“I think if you really like your work, you never really go to work,” Sally said in an article for Research magazine.

Through the Sally E. Law Charitable Fund, David and Lisa have given toward causes they know she would have approved of, including multiple Masonic charities, with more projects planned in the future.

“She was always doing things for people,” David said of Sally. “She was outgoing and vivacious. Her life touched so many people, and so many people touched her life.”

CHARITABLE BEQUESTS:

Simple and Flexible ... But Too Often Outdated and Undisclosed

For many years, Pennsylvania Masons and their loved ones have generously supported our Masonic Charities through lifetime gifts, deferred gifts and bequests.

In 2021, Giving USA reported that 9% of all charitable gifts were made through bequests. The total giving through bequests increased from 1980 to 2020 by 400% and demonstrates the upward trending and popularity in this approach to planned giving.

Because of their simplicity and flexibility, bequests and similar strategies are a popular form of charitable giving and are often incorporated into an estate plan. Perhaps due to the simplicity, the language is sometimes carried over from prior wills and trust documents without sufficient attention. Worse yet, some donors do not regularly review or update their estate planning documents.

Fortunately, our Office of Mission Advancement and Development is here to help. We regularly provide our donors and their advisors with accurate names for our Masonic Charities, descriptions of our charitable programs and sample language to help ensure that your bequest does what you want it to do.

In addition to being outdated, did you know that most bequests are undisclosed to the charities? It is estimated that 90% of bequests are not disclosed to charities until the donor has passed away. This makes it difficult for charities to consider future interests in planning and to properly recognize the generosity of its donors. At Masonic Charities, membership in the Franklin Legacy Society is available to any donor who discloses their generous giving through a bequest.

In addition, when we know you’ve thought of the Masonic Charities in your planning process, we can better serve you through our department’s collaborative solutions and professional resources. Of course, our donors should consult with independent professionals concerning their estate planning. We are happy to assist with referrals upon request.

For additional information or to join the Franklin Legacy Society, please contact us at giving@masoniccharitiespa.org, 800-599-6454 or www.MasonicCharitiesLegacy.org, or return the enclosed business reply envelope. View our charitable solicitation disclosures by scanning the QR code.

A PLACE FOR HEALING AND RESPITE

Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s new Employee Healing Garden outside the Masonic Health Care Center provides a peaceful and beautiful place for reflection.

After the loss of a team member in 2021, as well as several staff family members, an employee committee was formed to conceptualize a place for staff to visit and have a moment for peace. Kris Tebay, director of landscape and land management, sketched the group’s vision for the space, which includes benches, a walking path and a water feature.

In May, the vision became a reality when the garden was completed.

Special thanks to resident and staff donors (including the Sell Chapel Outreach Committee and the Resident Association), as well as those who contributed to two fundraisers for covering the costs, and the landscape and maintenance teams for bringing the garden to life!

Thanks to Our Donors

Memorial Gifts

The following memorial gifts were made Feb. 1 - April 30, 2023. Below is a list of individuals (names shown in blue) whose loved ones have made a gift in their memory to one of the five Masonic Villages. We have taken great care to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the names listed below. If an error has been made, please call the Office of Mission Advancement and Development at 1-800-599-6454 or 717-367-1121, ext. 33434; or email giving@masonicvillages.org. Thank you.

Margaret M. “Peggy” Adams

Ronald and Ardeelou Adams

Bertram Adler Hackenburg-Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 019

John and Jean Albright

Carl Alercia

Lois Artman

Elmer Baker

Peter and Anna Barber

Frances Baringer

Howard A. Beiseigel

Anne R. Berlin

Olin and Gladys Brubaker

Edward Budman

Philip H. Chamberlin

Howard Clark

William C. Clopper

Ruthanna Dahlheimer

James W. “Jim” Davis

Robert Fulton

Richard and Marge Horn

Juanita Lundie

Annette Gerhart

Walter Service III

Jo-Ann and Ray Foltz

Richard and Marge Horn

John Beiseigel

Cheston M. Berlin

Karl Buus

Oscar and Angila Smith

Alice Chamberlin

James and Carole Clark

Southampton Square Club

Sue Shuff

Heather Beyer

Anthony and Marguerite Musacchio

Palestine-Roxborough Lodge No. 135

Christian Reynolds

George and Patricia Scheerbaum

R. Joseph Haberlen 25th Masonic District School of Instruction

Frank Hall, Jr. Elizabethtown Masonic Village Shrine Club

Masonic Village Travel Club

Merck ServiceNow Engineering Team

William Paul Hannum

Robert J. Hirsch

Shirley Hannum

Matthew Tyler Langer Hirsch

Mae Hoch Advanced Practice Provider Team from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Linda Howard William and Melodee Doull

David and Alicia Hunsberger

Susan Jason

Ruth S. Johnston

Timothy and Fay Pletcher

David and Regina Jason

Noreen and Robert Kelly

Theodore and Lisa Mowery

Catherine, Philip and Rodd Stutzman

Dorothy Keeney Friendship Chapter No. 551, O.E.S.

Gerald Kemmerer Marshall and Kay Wolff

David “Dave” Kirkland

Harvey Kleinfelter

Helen Cyzio

Christian Reynolds

Grace Eisenhuth

Mary Gish

Margaret Grimm

Jason L. Dean

Deceased Members

Louis DiMassa

Gerald and Patricia Doull

Laura W. Dove

John N. Entrekin III

Mary Erickson

Gerald L. “Jerry” Ferraro

Richard L. Dean

Pocono Lodge No. 780

Judy Gragg Scharf

William and Melodee Doull

Albert Dove

Beatrice Entrekin

Thomas and Mary Arbogast

Michael Curtis and Suzanne Beidleman

Jerry Francis Dena Smith

Charles G. Frishmuth

David R. Goss

David E. Graff

John Grayson

Ronald and Katherine Frishmuth

William and Kathy Prazenica

Apollo Lodge No. 437

Marion Attaviano

John Gregson Bruce and Ethel Howarth

Earl M. Kline

Mae Kline

Robert James Kreider

Darlene Hand

Daniel Kleinfelter

Stephen and Johanna Reisteter

Richard and Dawn Yeager

Eugene and Anna Kline

Eugene and Anna Kline

Marian Beal

Marla Elliott

Kenny and Lisa Limmer

Pat and Drew Schmith

The Susquehannock Fly Fishers

Skip Lance

Faye Lokey

Sandra Tradewell

John Lokey

Harry K. Longenecker Doris Longenecker

John T. Lutz

Phyllis Masenheimer

Audrey J. McBride

Byron O. McCollum

Craig McCollum

Paul E. Meyers

Patricia A. Miller

R. M. Mullis

Dennis O. Nace

James C. Nickle

Mahlon and Christine Fuller

Camilla Anderson

Gregg McBride, Jr.

Lisa McBride

Hanna McCollum

Hanna McCollum

Donald Meyers

Patricia Pisarek

James Thompson, Jr.

Carolyn Nace

Thomas and Terry Kamerzel

Sheldon Novack Hackenburg-Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 019

Nancy Parke

George Partilla

Rudolf A. Pfleger

Ann Caldwell

Dale Deubler

Annie Deubler Feaster

Linda McConnell

Judy Gragg Scharf

Kitty Large

William and Kathy Prazenica

Nancy Webster

George Rovenolt

Mary Jane Sample

John and Joan Lee

Ken and Elaine Bleiler

Candace Dellinger

William and Kathy Prazenica

Whitey and Arlene Von Nieda

Billie J. Savickas

John Savickas

Rita Schwartz Cherry Dale Masonic Lodge No. 42

Marla and Phil Folz and Family

Eric Schwartz

Lura S. Shader

David and Joanne Kleppinger

Lori Rider

Cynthia Lee “Cindy” Sibole Dennis and Barbara Owen

Timber Services Corporation

Beatrice Phillips

Ruth Ann Phillips

Robert Pope

Jack V. Randall

Dorothy Remaly

Joyce Ricedorf

Honorarium Gifts

John Phillips

Donald Landis

Paul and Shirley Weaver

Sherri Kurinko-Griffin

Lowell and Pamela Warren

Judy Gragg Scharf

William and Jane Staman

Elvin Silvius

Jacqueline Simmonds

Virginia Smith

Ali Campbell

Barbara Kendig

Ridley Park Presbyterian - RPPC Hearts to Hands

Amy Gore

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Howarth Ken and Elaine Bleiler

Thomas C. “Tom” Stephens, Jr. John and Diane Donmoyer, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Stacey Fink

William and Kathy Prazenica

Irene VanTassel and Jeffrey P. Stephens

Linda Yourglivch

James Robert Stewart

Joan Stewart

William J. Tiley Palestine-Roxborough Lodge No. 135

The following honorarium gifts were made Feb. 1 - April 30, 2023. Below is a list of individuals (names shown in blue) whose loved ones have made a gift in their honor to one of the five Masonic Villages.

Alvin H. Blitz

Stephen A. Cohen

Mr. and Mrs. M. Evanko Ken and Elaine Bleiler

Jean C. Frishmuth Ronald and Katherine Frishmuth

Jerry Gallagher

Warren Lodge No. 310

Joseph Jensen University Lodge No. 051

Carolyn Kleinfelter

George B. Lohr

Gregg McBride

Richard and Dawn Yeager

Jacob Beal Lohr

Lisa McBride

Stephanye Smith Heath and Holly Mackley

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OUR MISSION: To empower and inspire our Masonic Community to achieve their potential and enjoy the highest possible quality of life by being a Center of Excellence in providing person-centered residential, health care and wellness services, home and community-based services, outreach services and ancillary operations.

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