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In Memoriam
Ill. Donald G. Hicks, 33° 1940-2025
Ill. Donald G. Hicks, Active Emeritus Member for this Supreme Council for the state of Massachusetts, laid down his working tools on April 15, 2025.
Ill. Brother Hicks joined Lowell Chapter, Order of DeMolay, in 1960, where he served as Master Councilor. Raised a Master Mason at Wamesit Lodge, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, in 1962. Appointed Deputy Grand Master for the state of Massachusetts in 1987, receiving the Henry Price Medal that same year. Appointed Grand Representative of Oklahoma from 1987 until 2009, when he was appointed Grand Representative of Scotland. Installed as Grand Master of Masons of Massachusetts on December 27, 2001.
Received the Scottish Rite degrees in October of 1963. Member of the Valley of Lowell and Massachusetts Consistory, Valley of Boston. Sovereign Prince, Lowell Council; Valley Treasurer for 10 years. Coroneted a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1980. Served as Grand Seneschal from 1987 to 1990. Crowned an Active Member for Massachusetts in 2004 and served as Deputy from 2005 to 2012, as well as Grand Treasurer General from 2008 to 2010. He also served on the Finance, Membership Development, Fraternal Relations, Strategic Planning, and Investments committees. Became an Emeritus Member in 2015.
He was received in Thomas Royal Arch Chapter, greeted in Harris Council of Royal and Select Master Masons, and knighted in Jerusalem Commandery No. 19 Knights Templar. He belonged to Saint Bernard Commandery No. 12, Boston, and Bay State Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, serving as Puissant Sovereign from 2017 to 2019. Honorary member of Saint Paul’s Royal Arch Chapter and Massachusetts Council of Thrice Illustrious Masters. Awarded the Paul Revere Medal and Abraham Dame Medal. Recipient of the Purple Cross from the York Rite Sovereign College of North America.
Member of Norfolk Lodge, The Masters’ Lodge, Columbian Lodge, Social Harmony Lodge, William Parkman Lodge, Saint John’s Lodge, and Merrimack Valley Daylight Lodge, Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22. Honorary member of Thomas Talbot Lodge, Mount Holyoke Lodge, Harvard Lodge, Wilder Lodge, Major General Henry Knox Lodge, Henry Price Lodge, and the Grand Lodge of Iran (In Exile).
Ill. John R. Patterson, 33° 1950-2025
Ill. John R. Patterson, Active Member for this Supreme Council for the state of New York, passed to the Celestial Lodge on May 14, 2025. Raised in Cambridge Salem Lodge No. 481 in 1985. Served as Worshipful Master in 1991, Trustee from 2003-2009, and Secretary from 2009-2016.
Received the Scottish Rite degrees in the Valley of Troy in 1990. Served as Trustee 2013-2016, Treasurer in 2016, and President of the Executive Board. Coroneted a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council in Rochester, New York, in 2017. Crowned an Active Member for the state of New York on August 31, 2021, and served on the Committee for Constitutions, Laws & Jurisprudence at the time of his passing.
Member of the York Rite Federal Chapter No. 10, Royal Arch Masons of Greenwich. Exalted in June 1989 and served as High Priest and later as Secretary. Knighted in May 1990 in Calvary Commandery No. 69 in Greenwich. Served as Commander in 1993-1994, Deputy Zone Commander 2002-2007, and Zone Commander 2007-2011. Greeted in Joseph Warren Cryptic Council No. 37 in May 2001 in Saratoga Springs, where he served as Thrice Illustrious Master from 2002 to 2009. Served as First Judge Advocate in the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of the State of New York from 2007 to 2013.
Member of Trinity Tabernacle #XXIV Holy Royal Arch Knights Templar Priests of Albany; the Giles Fonda Yates Council No. 22 Allied Masonic Degrees; Glencairn Council No. 14 Knight Mason; Warren Chapter No. 23; Albany York Rite College No. 24; Trinity Priory No. 5 Knights of the York Cross of Honor; and Albany Conclave Red Cross of Constantine. Presented the Ezra Ames Meritorious Service Award in 2004, the highest award of The Grand Chapter State of New York, Royal Arch Masons, as well as the Distinguished Service Medal in 2019.
Member of Cambridge Valley Chapter No. 471, Order of the Eastern Star, and an affiliated member of Star of Liberty Chapter No. 379, and a member of Oriental Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. President of the Cambridge Area Shrine Club for several years. Served as an associate member of the Board of Governors of the Shrine Hospital for Children in Boston.
Ill. Brother Patterson served in the United States Marine Corps from 1970 to 1975.
