The Broken Column: Necrology of the September 10, 2025 Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication

The roll of the workmen has been called and the following Master Masons have not answered to their names.

R.W. John A. Macleod, Deputy Grand Master, read the Necrology at the September Quarterly Communication for the following, departed Brethren:

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL DAVID READ LEE

Born at Richmond, Virginia | June 12, 1940
Raised, North Reading Lodge, North Reading | December 17, 1984
District Deputy Grand Master, Malden 7th Masonic District | 1998-1999
Entered the Celestial Lodge above March 11, 2025
A Mason for 40 years, 2 months, 23 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JAMES RICHARD GOODWIN

Born at Boston, Massachusetts | November 30, 1940
Raised, Robert Lash Lodge, Saugus | February 28, 1973
District Deputy Grand Master, Boston 3rd, Masonic District | 1994-1995
Distinguished Service Medal | May 11, 1998
50-Y ear Veteran’s Medal | January 7, 2023
Entered the Celestial Lodge above February 16, 2025
A Mason for 51 years, 11 months, 20 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL RALPH IRVING SEWALL

Born at Needham, Massachusetts | October 13,1942
Raised, Norfolk Lodge, Needham | June 1, 1964
District Deputy Grand Master, Brighton 5th Masonic District | 1992-1993
Grand Representative, York, Mexico | 1994- 2025
Deputy Grand Master | 1998
Henry Price Medal | 1998
Permanent Member | 1998- 2025
50-Year Veteran’s Medal | February 10, 2014
50-Year Past Master Diploma | March 20, 2024
Entered the Celestial Lodge above March 27, 2025
A Mason for 60 years, 9 months, 27 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL ROBERT WILLIAM COMEAU

Born at Westerly, Rhode Island | February 9, 1934
Raised, Matthew John Whittall Lodge, Shrewsbury | March 24, 1961
District Deputy Grand Master, Worcester 22nd Masonic District| 1991-1992
Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal | May 3, 2006
50-Year Veteran’s Medal | May 5, 2011
Entered the Celestial Lodge above November 11, 2024
50-Year Past Master Certificate | April 4, 2020
Military Service Medal | December 27, 2023
Entered the Celestial Lodge Above April 14, 2025
A Mason for 64 years, 22 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JOHN DICKSON WALTHER

Born at Oceanside, New York | September 6, 1934
Raised, Cincinnatus Lodge, Great Barrington | May 30, 1969
Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal | September 8, 1995
District Deputy Grand Master, Pittsfield 16th Masonic District | 2001-2002
50-Year Veteran’s Medal | September 3, 2019
50-Year Past Master’s Diploma | May 19, 2021
Entered the Celestial Lodge above March 13, 2025
A Mason for 55 years, 9 months, 13 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JON GREGORY ADAMS HILL

Born at Beverly, Massachusetts | October 18, 1941
Raised, Liberty Lodge, Beverly | May 22, 1967
District Deputy Grand Master, Gloucester 9th Masonic District | 1996-1997
50-Year Veteran’s Medal | February 27, 2017
50-Year Past Master’s Diploma | January 7, 2023
Entered the Celestial Lodge above April 14, 2025
A Mason for 57 years, 10 months, 24 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL DOUGLAS GORDON MASSEY

Born at Needham, Massachusetts | October 11, 1956
Raised, Paul Revere Lodge, Brockton | May 25, 1993
Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal | September 18, 2012
District Deputy Grand Master, 17th Masonic District | 2021-2022
Entered the Celestial Lodge above June 7, 2025
A Mason for 32 years, 1 month, 3 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL PAUL EDWIN KENNEDY

Born at Queens, New York | July 9, 1944
Raised, Belmont Lodge,(now Simon W. Robinson Lodge) | April 3, 1980
District Deputy Grand Master, Brighton 5th Masonic District | 1996-1997
Grand Representative, Alaska | 2001-2025
Grand Lodge Board of Trials and Commissioners | 2005-2018
Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal | October 18, 2017
Entered the Celestial Lodge above April 25, 2025
A Mason for 45 years, 22 days

MOST WORSHIPFUL DONALD GARDNER HICKS, JR.

Born at Lowell, Massachusetts | December 12, 1940
Raised, Wamesit Lodge, Tewksbury | May 14, 1962
Certificate of Meritorious Service Award | January 6, 1976
Deputy Grand Master | 1987
Henry Price Medal | 1987
Permanent Member | 1987-2025
Grand Representative, Oklahoma | 1987-2004
Grand Master| 2002-2004
Grand Representative, Scotland | 2009-2025
50-Year Veteran’s Medal | March 5, 2012
50-Year Past Master’s Diploma | November 4, 2019
Entered the Celestial Lodge above April 15, 2025
A Mason for 62 years, 11 months, 2 days

MOST WORSHIPFUL ARTHUR EUGENE JOHNSON

Born at Boston Massachusetts | July 17, 1936
Raised, Macedonian Lodge, Hingham | March 23, 1965
District Deputy Grand Master, Quincy 26th Masonic District | 1991-1992
Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal | October 4, 1994
Senior Grand Warden | 1995
Permanent Member | 1995
Henry Price Medal | 1995
Grand Representative, Ireland | June 1, 2003
50-Year Veteran’s Medal | April 25, 2015
50-Year Past Master’s Diploma | March 23, 2021
Entered the Celestial Lodge above May 15, 2025
A Mason for 60 years, 3 months, 20 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL ROBERT JOSEPH ADAMS, JR.

Born at Indianapolis, Indiana | March 16, 1944
Raised, Norumbega & Brookline Lodge, Newtonville | June 18, 1982
Junior Grand Deacon | 1990
District Deputy Grand Master, Brighton 5th Masonic District | 2000-2001
Entered the Celestial Lodge above June 25, 2025
A Mason for 43 years, 8 days

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL ERNEST ARTHUR PEARLSTEIN

Born at Cambridge, Massachusetts | April 27, 1944
Raised, Revere Lodge, Boston (now The Henry Price Lodge) | June 6, 1979
District Deputy Grand Master, Boston 2nd Masonic District | 1988-1989
Grand Representative, Saskatchewan | 1989-2008
Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal | May 16, 1991
Junior Grand Warden | 2005
Permanent Member | 2005
Henry Price Medal | March 12, 2005
Grand Representative, Ontario | 2008-2025
Military Service Medal | November 17, 2023
Entered the Celestial Lodge above August 19, 2025
A Mason for 46 years, 2 months, 15 days

At the conclusion of the Necrology, R.W. Walter H. Hunt, Grand Historian, read Memorials for the following Brethren:

• R.W. Ralph I. Sewall, Deputy Grand Master, 1998
• R.W. Ernest A. Pearlstein, Junior Grand Warden, 2005

Well done, good and faithful servants.