Togetheragain but Not Complete

By Ed Walker

Well done, my good and faithful Servant, well done. These few words are included in the Masonic Funeral Service that Illinois Lodges do for their departed Brothers. When a Mason lays down his working tools, funeral honors are given as we say goodbye to our cherished friend and Brother.

Illinois Lodges are finally together again in ritual, fellowship, and community involvement. But two pieces of that puzzle are missing as we recently lost two distinguished Masons, two outstanding Past Grand Masters. One was Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Noel C. Dicks and the other was Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Michael Bruce Manning of Arizona and a dual member of Mound Lodge No. 122 in Taylorville, Illinois.

Reprinted with permission from the Grand Lodge of Illinois is the obituary for Brother Dicks, followed by the obituary of Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Michael Manning, reprinted with permission from the Grand Lodge of Arizona.