GRAND COMMANDERY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PROCEEDINGS OF THE 163RD. ANNUAL CONCLAVE SIR KNIGHT MARK A. KEAGLE RIGHT EMINENT GRAND COMMANDER 2018-2019 NORMAL ILLINOIS AUGUST 3, 2019 1 Mark Allen Keagle Right Eminent Grand Commander Mark Allen Keagle was born May 7, 1974 in Bloomington, Illinois to William and Mary Keagle (Allen). Mark married Sarah Fish on May 22, 2004. They have one daughter Natalie. Mark is a High Speed Production Service Engineer for Xerox Corporation covering Central Illinois. He was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on December 16, 2006 in Dewitt Lodge #84, AF and AM in Clinton, Illinois. He Presided as Worshipful Master in 2011 and served as Secretary 2012- 2016, and currently serves as Treasurer. He served as District Deputy Grand Master 2015-2017. He was Exalted a Royal Arch Mason in Goodbrake Chapter #59 where he served as High Priest, Secretary , and served as District Deputy Grand High Priest fifth district west 2012-2013. He was greeted as a Royal and Select Master on February 20, 2008 in Clinton Council #74 where he served as Thrice Illustrious Master, and Secretary. He was Dubbed and Created a Knight of the Valiant and Magnanimous Order of the Temple on November 24, 2007 in Clinton Commandery #66 where he served as Eminent Commander 2011- 2013and 2016, and Recorder. He is a member plural member of Constantine Commandery #51, Lincoln Illinois. He served as the fourth Division Commander from 2011-2013, and was elected Grand Junior Warden 2014 beginning his progression through the Grand Line. He was Installed Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the State of Illinois July 13, 2018 in Normal, Illinois. He served as an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Illinois Knight Templar Home in Paxton, Illinois form 2014-2018. 2 He was created a Knight of York in Central Illinois York Rite College #42, and served as Governor of East Central York Rite College #81. He was ordained as a Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priest in Lily of the Valley Tabernacle #XLVI in Decatur, Illinois. He was admitted and installed a Knight of the Red Cross of Constantine and Appenedant Orders in Saxa Rubra Conclave in Champaign, Illinois. He currently serves as Junior General. He was received into Illinois Priory #11 as a Knight York of the York Cross of Honor July 20, 2013. He was initiated as a member of the Valley of Bloomington, AASR located in Bloomington, IL on November 7, 2009, and served as Sovereign Prince. He as a member of various appendant bodies: Past Sovereign of Central Illinois Allied Masonic Degrees#356, Shamrock Council #43 Knight Masons, Royal Order of Scotland, Wayne W. Gatewood Chapter #536 National Sojourners, Mt Vernon Preceptory No. X Yeoman of York. 3 OFFICERS OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY 2018-2019 Mark A. Keagle (Sarah) Grand Commander 1700 E. Washington St., Clinton 61727 (309) 824-4720 [email protected] William J. Farris (Sandy) V.E. Grand Commander 4463 Shorewood Dr. Rockford 61101 815) 965-5378 [email protected] Auston E. Smith (Cathy) Eminent Grand Generalissimo 5205 Live Oak Dr, Smithton 62285 (618) 405-4260 [email protected] John M. Sansone (Christine) Eminent Grand Captain General 6849 W 97th Street, Chicago Ridge 60415 (708) 430-0286 [email protected] Wayne R. Clark (Connie) Eminent Grand Senior Warden 4605 Dickey John Road, Auburn 62615-9599 (217) 414-7983 [email protected] Richard T. Carnall (Becky) Eminent Grand Junior Warden 61 S. 7th Ave., LaGrange 60525 708-352-0992 Pressly A. Laird (Janis) Eminent Grand Prelate 38856 Co. Highway 2, Griggsville 62340 (217) 833-2154 William E. Jegen (Linda) Eminent Grand Treasurer 1937 Nottingham Ln, Wheaton 60189-8516 C (630) 745-8352 [email protected] H (630) 668-1060 O (630) 858-5550 H. Wayne Hoffman (Verbie) Eminent Grand Recorder P.O. Box 447, 107 Sherman St., Delavan 61734-9259 (309 244-7434 [email protected] Ziad Sweis Eminent Grand Sword Bearer 7800 161st Pl., Trinity Park (706)-417-6194 Richard R. Sinclair Eminent Grand Standard Bearer 305 W. Main St., PO Box 182, Tallula 62688 (217) 634-4445 Derrik S. Helfer Eminent Grand Warder 8 Fenton Dr., Decatur 62521 (217) 454-2941 Gene F. Horn Eminent Grand Sentinel 1975 Giant City Park Rd, Cobden 62920 (618) 281-4450 Orville E. Shoemaker Eminent Grand Color Bearer 2099 Blackhawk Ln., Dixon 61021 (815) 652-2101 John B. Hall (Margarete) Eminent Grand Organist 1709 Short Drive, Pekin 61554 (309) 346-5066 4 LIVING PAST GRAND COMMANDERS OF ILLINOIS Gary Deane Hermann (04) 1978 William Jackson Jones, MEPGM (37) 1984 Robert George Minton (16) 1987 Charles Alvin Brown (17) 1990 Henry J. DeHeer, REPDC (38) 1992 Troy Webb Timm (44) 1994 Norman R. Buecker (6) HPGC 1995 Robert Keith Cronk (17) REPDC 1996 Richard Ralph Salsbury (36) 1998 Stanley Phillip Boyd (24) 2001 Marvin Leon Selock (78) 2002 Charles Michael Mills (69) 2003 John Thomas Riedas, Sr. (53) 2004 Pressly Alvin Laird (77) 2005 Howard Wayne Hoffman (03) 2007 Jesse Lee Johns (66) 2008 Joseph Willard Lucas (39) 2009 Charles Edwin Hileman, Jr. (81) 2010 David Marc Wilson (06) 2011 William Edward Jegen (01) 2012 Russell Louis Schlosser (36) 2014 Enrique Jorge Unanue (06) 2015 William J. Smith (64) 2016 Wendell E. Walch (06) 2017 5 OFFICERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Jeffery N. Nelson ......................................... Most Eminent Grand Master 3112 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck, ND 58505-0192 Michael B. Johnson ........………....Right Eminent Deputy Grand Master Box 575 Crowheart, WY 82512- 0575 David J. Kussman...….….………...Right Eminent Grand Generalissimo 1781 N. Pheasant St., Anaheim, CA 92806-1007 Jeffery A. Bolstad.….. ……….....Right Eminent Grand Captain General 325 Trestle Lane, Lewistown, MT 59457-4109 Bobby B. Simmons....….….…………....Right Eminent Grand Treasurer 203 Williams Dr., Bonaire, GA 31005-3826 Lawrence E. Tucker.…….…..………….Right Eminent Grand Recorder 5909 West Loop South Suite 495 Bellaire, TX 77401-2402 Gerald G. Pugh (Cheryl) ................. R. E. East Central Dept. Commander 580 Mount Tom Road, Marietta, OH 45750-6821 William Jackson Jones (Lois)………...Most Eminent Past Grand Master P.O. Box 48 Villa Grove, IL 61956-0048 Henry J. DeHeer (Pat) .................................. R.E. Past Dept. Commander 1120 Summer St., Paxton, IL 60957 Robert K. Cronk (Karol) ………….……… R.E. Past Dept. Commander P.O. Box 53 Rock City, IL 61070-0053 Phillip W.R. Jones, EPC (Sara)………………. Aide to William J. Jones 1 S. Main St. Villa Grove, IL 61956-1522 MOST EMINENT PAST GRAND MASTERS Donald H. Smith ……………………………………………….…1985-1988 James Morris Ward ……………………………………………….1997-2000 William Jackson Jones ……………………………………………2000-2003 Kenneth Bernard Fisher …………………………………………..2003-2006 William Howard Koon, II ………………………………………...2009-2012 David Dixon Goodwin.....................................................................2012-2015 Duane L. Vaught 2015-2018 RIGHT EMINENT DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS Northeastern………………………………………….. .Stuart K. Frost Mid-Atlantic………………………………………….. William F. Reinhols Southeastern…………………………………………….......James C. McGee East Central……………………………………………...........Gerald G. Pugh North Central……………………………………………..... Daniel R. Sherry South Central................................................................... Jack M. Harper Northwestern……………………………………………..Benjamin Williams Southwestern……………………………………………....... Dean D. Rein Asia-Pacific………………………………………………… Evaristo Leviste Europe-Africa……………………………………………………Jose Moreno Latin America……………………………….............. Richard S. Butterfield Caribbean Sidney J. Leluan 6 SK Michael Burke Johnson R.E. Deputy Grand Master Crowheart, WY Michael B. Johnson was born in Riverton, Wyoming on July 11, 1951, to Burke and Dona Johnson. He received his elementary education for five years in a two room country school at Crowheart, Wyoming and graduated from Dubois High School in 1970. Mike and his wife, Judy, live on the family ranch in Crowheart where they continue to work in the livestock industry. Mike and Judy have two sons, three daughters, and five grandchildren. Mike was initiated, passed, and raised in Dubois Lodge No. 53 in 1984, serving as Worshipful Master in 1991. He is currently serving as Junior Grand Warden in the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Wyoming. In 1985 he joined the Fremont County York Rite bodies. He served as High Priest of Mt. Horeb Chapter No. 6 (currently serving as treasurer), Illustrious Master of Lander Council No. 4, and Commander of Hugh de Payne Commandery No. 7. Other York Rite memberships include Holy Order of High Priesthood; Thrice Illustrious Masters of Wyoming; Emmanuel Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine; Knights of the York Cross of Honor; Equality York Rite College No. 92, receiving the Order of the Purple Cross in Houston, Texas; Agnus Dei Tabernacle No. XLIV, HRAKTP; Wyoming Chapter Order of Knights Preceptor; and St. Bernard Commandery No. 41 in Denver, Colorado. In 2007 he served as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming. During the 65th triennium he served as Northwest Department 7 Commander for Grand Encampment, and in August 2012 he was elected Grand Captain General. Mike is also a member of the Valley of Sheridan, Scottish Rite Bodies; Philalethes Society; 9th grade of Council Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Cibitatibus Foederatis; Royal Society of Knights Occidental; Royal Order of Scotland; St. Thomas of Acon; Trinity Chapel No. 12, Grand College of Rites; and Allied Masonic Degrees in Wyoming. Elected R.E. Grand Captain General at the 65th Triennial Conclave in Alexandria, Virginia, August of 2012. Elected R.E. Grand Generalissimo at the 66th Triennial Conclave in Buffalo, New York, August of 2015. 8 SK Gerald G. Pugh R.E. DEPARTMENT COMMANDER EAST CENTRAL DEPARTMENT, IN, IL, KY, MI, and OH Sir Knight Gerald G. Pugh was born in Marietta, OH to Darrel & Nora Pugh on April 13, 1963. He attended Marietta High School and the Washington County Vocational School and Graduated in 1981. He also attended Washington State Community College. He has been in the Transportation Industry for 37 years and is proud of his accident free 3.1 million miles.