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In Memoriam
Ill. A. Norman Johnson, 33°
1945 – 2021
Ill. A. Norman Johnson, 33°, Active Emeritus Member for this Supreme Council for the state of Connecticut, laid down his working tools on Monday, April 5, 2021.
Ill. Charles C. Wicks, 33°, an Active Member for this Supreme Council for the state of Indiana, laid down his working tools on May 16, 2021.
Awarded the Supreme Council Medal of Honor in 1997 for his distinguished service to Freemasonry. Also presented the “Sword of Merit” by the Grand Encampment Knights Templar Eye Foundation in 2017.
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Ill. Charles C. Wicks, 33°
1926 – 2021
Raised a Master Mason in Wyllys-St. John’s Lodge No. 99, at West Hartford, Connecticut on March 8, 1948, where he served as Worshipful Master in 1958 and Trustee for more than 10 years. Received the degrees of the Scottish Rite in Connecticut Consistory in the Valley of Norwich on May 7, 1949. Coroneted a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33° Honorary Member of the Supreme Council in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 30, 1970. He was crowned an Active Member of the Supreme Council on September 26, 1979 and served as Deputy for the state of Connecticut from 1981-1994. He continued as an Active Member until September 26, 2000 at which time he became an Emeritus member of the Supreme Council.
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Robert V. Monac Receives Tompk
Raised a Master Mason in Goshen Lodge No. 12 at Goshen, Indiana, where he served as Worshipful Master in 1980 and Trustee from 1981-83. Received the degrees of the Scottish Rite in the Valley of South Bend on April 23, 1977, where he served as Commander in Chief from 1992-94. Coroneted a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33° Honorary Member of the Supreme Council in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 3, 1995. He was crowned an Active Member of the Supreme Council in Philadelphia in August 2010 and was set to become an Emeritus member in August of 2021.
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cottish Rite, NMJ congratulates Brother Robert V. Monacelli, 33°, MSA, who received the Daniel D. Tompkins Medal for his outstanding and exemplary service to the Masonic fraternity at large. The Tompkins Award is conferred by the Scottish Rite to honor distinguished contributions not often witnessed by the general membership. The Daniel Tompkins Medal is named for Daniel D. Tompkins, first Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Brother Tompkins also served the nation as vice president under President James Monroe. On May 8, the New Jersey Statewide Reunion in Bordentown honored MW Grand Master Robert V. Monacelli, 33°
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