St. Louis Lodge #5

Members Who Served the Order as Grand Lodge and State Officers

Past Grand Masters

We have had 20 Grand Masters from our lodge ~ W. S. Stewart 1840, Gerard B. Allen 1845 and 1862, J. R. Lackland 1859, E. M. Sloan 1865, C. G. Mauro 1866, E. Wilkerson 1870 M. C. Libby 1872, James A Gregory 1879, Henry A. Hamilton 1913, E. B. Garner 1920, Al Sieman 1937, Frank McCormick 1946, Estel Davidson 1975, Paul S. Johns 1981, Past Grand Masters Hal A. Hamilton 1986, Walter A. Koessel Jr., 1989

Surviving Past Grand Masters

                      John Fox 1990,  H. Gerard Surkamp 1995, Ron Fults 2000, 

                                      Associate Member Charles Cassidy 1997.

Past Grand Secretaries

Past Grand Secretaries from our lodge ~  Gerard B. Allen 1846, E. M. Sloan 1869-1906, E. Wilkerson 1906, Ben Weidle 1914-1943, L. O. H. Erickson 1943-1951, Oliver Heitman 1967-1977, Harold J. Seabourn 1977-1980. 

Past Grand Treasurers

Past Grand Treasurers from our lodge ~ W. S. Stewart 1841, C. F. Vogel 1905-1917, Henry A. Hamilton 1917, Joseph T. Caffall 1946-1951 

Past Grand Patriarchs

Gerard B. Allen 1846,  J. Libby 1852, A. C. Braun 1856, E. Wilkerson 1865, E. M. Sloan 1866, M. C. Libby 1867, C. F. Vogel 1882, Ben Weidle 1907, Henry A. Hamilton 1909, Wallace McCormick 1940, George Medows 1947, Arthur Busse, 1971, Arthur J. Goede 1976, Edward Orr II 1984 and 1990, Philip W. Keeler 1995, James Reiner Twice, John Fox.

Past Department Commanders Patriarchs Militant

C. F. Vogel 1886-1887, E. Wilkerson 1887-1889, Emil Ganter 1949, Claude Drennen 1982-1984, Paul Patterson 1996-1997, Terry Throm 1998-2000.  John Fox, John was also General Commanding. Associate Member Charles Cassidy.