GRAND MASTER: Larry Gean, #1009
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER: William Maplesden, #140
GRAND WARDEN: Jim Bott #1
JR. PAST GRAND MASTER: Eric Smith #492
GRAND SECRETARY: Jerald T. Sarnes, PGM, PGP, PDC, GC® #143
GRAND TREASURER: Arlan Miller, PGP,SGR, #51
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE REPRESENTATIVE: Rich Herring, PGM, GI #151
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE REPRESENTATIVE: Jim Turner, #12
All Past Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of IL since it’s organization in 1838. Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Warden, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Sovereign Grand Lodge Representative.
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICERS
HOME BOARDS
STANDING COMMITTEES
PAST GRAND MASTERS
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
HOUSING AND MANAGEMENT
DIST. DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
REBEKAH ASSEMBLY OFFICERS
GRAND ENCAMPMENT
P.M.-L.A.P.M.
2016-2017
THE SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE
Robert Smith, Past Sovereign Grand Master
GENERAL MILITARY COUNCIL
General Jerald T. Sarnes, General Commanding ®
Odd Fellows-Rebekahs
GRAND SECRETARY’S OFFICE
Jerald T. Sarnes, Gr.Sec
GRAND LODGE OFFICE
Joann Coers, Secretary
ILLINOIS ODD FELLOW PAPER
Janis Klockenga, Editor
I.O.O.F. MANAGEMENT
Janis Klockenga, Secretary
REBEKAH ASSEMBLY
Janet Bruce, Secretary
FELLOWSHIP CENTER
Joan Pryor, Manager
FRIENDSHIP MANOR
Mona Schleder
ODD FELLOW HERITAGE APARTMENTS (Williamsville, Buffalo, Illopolis)
Debbie Rodden,
ODD-FELLOW-REBEKAH HOME
David Standerfer, Administrator
ELECTIVE GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
GRAND MASTER
Larry Gean
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER
William Maplesden, PGP
GRAND WARDEN
Jerald T. Sarnes, PGM, PGP, PDC, GC®
GRAND TREASURER
Arlan Miller, PGP
GRAND REPRESENTATIVE (1 Year)Jim Turner, PGM
GRAND REPRESENTATIVE (2 Years) Rich Herring, PGM, GI
JR PAST GRAND MASTER
Eric Smith
APPOINTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
GRAND MARSHAL
Ernie Higgerson
GRAND CONDUCTOR
Richard Bright
GRAND CHAPLAIN
Marlene Koble
GRAND MUSICIAN
Niles Reamer, PGP
GRAND GUARDIAN
Bob Seiffert
GRAND HERALD
Dawn East
GRAND INSTRUCTOR
Rich Herring, PGM
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
1. Mike Cichonski (Districts: #4, #21, #34)
2.Ryan Mahr (Districts: #50, #51)
3.Harold E. Curfman, PGM, PGP, PDC (Districts: #46, #70)
4.Richard Hays, PGM, PDC (Districts: #78, #91)
5.Clyde Litton, PGM, PGP (Districts: #88, #102)
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
District #4
Richard Nowaczynski
Lodges: Cuba #11, Irving Park #190, Three Links #479, Palacky #630, Bohemia #202
District #21
Mat Yingling
Lodges: Elgin #12, Ottawa #41, Sycamore #105, Legend #212, Century #492, Ben Hur #870
District #34
Pete Cortilet
Lodges: Rockford #140, J R Scruggs #372, Wildey #5
District #46
John Stauffer
Lodges: Iroquois #74, LeRoy #149, Livingston #290, Champaign #333, Fisher #704
District #50
Paul Gossett
Lodges: Friendship #24, Monmouth #61, Military Tract #145, Bushnell #322
District #51
Tom Kinzer
Lodges: Olive Branch #15, Columbia #21, Memento #44, Fulton #51, Mason #143,
East Peoria #668, Galva #408, Kewanee #128
District #70
Donald Klockenga
Lodges: Lincoln #204, Mattoon #260, Mt Zion #300, Arthur #742, Tuscola #316
District #78
Randy Barnes, PGM, PGP
Lodges: Western Star #1, Illini #4, Jerseyville #53, Pioneer #70 Brighton #366
District #88
Kent Staley
Lodges: Erie #38, Mt. Olive #114, Flora #151, Richland #180,
District #91
Ernest Higgerson
Lodges: Neilson #25, Waterloo #27, Six Mile #87, Mississippi Valley #1009
District #102
Harry Eckleberry
Lodges: Fairfield #32, Hamilton #191, Carbondale #233, Charity #284
COMMITTEES FOR 2016-2017
ANALYSIS & DISTRIBUTION
Pete Cortilet
Richard Herring, PGM, GI
Mat Yingling
CHILDREN’S HOME BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Steve Pigg – (Treasurer) – 1 year
Carolyn Walker – 1 year
William Joseph Crowe –2 years
Melissa Richards, (Vice President) –2 years
Richard Nowaczynski, (Secretary) – 3 years
Donald Klockenga – (President) – 4 years
Bonnie Hensley, PPRA, PPLAPM –3 years
CODE REVISION
Richard Nowaczynski – 2 years
Gregory Worrell, PGM, PGP, PDC – 2 years
George Paul – 3 years
Clyde Litton, PGM, PGP – 3 years
CREDENTIALS
Steve Pigg – (Chairman)
Richard Jones, PGM, PGP
Randall W. Barnes, PGM, PGP
Harold Feikert
D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
Nancy Curfman, PGM, PPLAPM – 1
Janet Bruce – 2 year
Jeanette Dajc – 1 year
April Smith- 2 years
Joann Coers – 2 years
Rick Baker – 3 yrs
Mat Yingling – 4 years
ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES
Rich Hays, PGM, PDC – 1 Year
Jerald T. Sarnes, PGM, PGP, PDC, GC
Arlan Miller, PGP, GT – 3 years
FINANCE
Charles Campbell, PGM, PGP – 1
Rick Baker – 2 years
George Paul, – 3 years
GRAND LODGE WEBSITE
Dawn East – 1
Janis Klockenga – 2 years
Ainslie Heilech – 3 Years
I.O.O.F. MANAGEMENT CORP.
Arlan Miller, PGP, GT – Vice President –1 Year
Jerald T. Sarnes, PGP, PGM, PDC, GC® – 2 Years Secretary/Treasurer
Richard Herring, PGM, GI – 3 years
Allen H. Jones, PGM, GR, President…….4 years
Donald Klockenga – 5 Years
JUDICIARY AND APPEALS
Charles Campbell, PGM, PGP
Rich Hays, PGM, PDC – 2 Years
Randy Barnes, PGM, PGP – 3 years
Richard Herring, PGM, GI – 4 Years
Harold E. Curfman, PGM, PGP, PDC – 5 Years
LEGISLATION
Richard Nowaczynski
Randall Barnes, PGM, PGP
Rick Baker
Pete Cortilet
Earl Wys
MEMBERSHIP
Region 1 – Mike Cichonski
Region 2 – Arlan Miller, PGP, GT
Region 3 – Dan Davis, PGP, PGM
Region 4 – John Teague
Reporting – Allen H. Jones – PGM, GR
Chairman – Richard Herring – PGM, GI
Region – 5 – Rich Herring
MUSEUM & LIBRARY
Judy Sarnes, (OF) – 1 year
Gregory Worrell, PGM, PGP, PDC (PM) –1 Year
Ernie Higgerson (ENC) – 1
Linda Jones (REB) (Chairman) – 1 year
Wendall Brooks (OF) – 2 years
Janet Brooks (REB) – 3 years
Richard Jones, PGM, PGP – (GL)- 3 years
NECROLOGY
Announcer –Gregory Worrell, PGP, PGM, PDC
Chaplain – Marlene Koble
Musician – Niles Reamer, PGP
ODD FELLOWS-REBEKAH HOME BOARD
Hugo Block – (President) –3 years
Carolyn Walker – 2 years
Mary Ann Block – PPRA 1 years
Richard Jones, PGM, PGP – (Vice President) – 2 years
Linda Jones, PPRA –2 Years
Eugene Etherton – (Treasurer) – 3 Years
Robert Smith, PSGM – 4 years
ODD FELLOW-REBEKAH HOUSING
Arlan Miller, PGP, GT, (Vice President) – 1 Year
Donald Klockenga – 2 Years
Allen H. Jones, PGM, GR, – (President) – 3 Years
Jim Turner, PGM, GR – 4 Years
Richard Herring – PGM, GI – 5 years
Jerald T. Sarnes, PGM,PGP,PDC,GC®
6 years (Secretary/Treasurer)
Niles Reamer – 7 Years
RESOLUTIONS
Daniel W. Davis, PGM, PGP
Clyde Litton, PGP, PGM
William Joseph Crowe
SCHOLARSHIPS
Joann Coers – 5 years
Dennis White – 1 years– (Vice Chairman)
Janis Klockenga – 1 year (Secretary)
Bonnie Hensley, PPRA – 1 year
Marlene Koble – 2 years
Robert Seiffert – 2 years
Clara Kay Nott, PPLAPM -3 years
Harold Curfman, PGM, PGP, PDC – (Chairman) – 4 years
Larry Pelker – 5 years
STATE OF THE ORDER
George Paul,
Randall Barnes, PGP, PGM
Gregory Worrell, PGM, PGP, PDC
Harold E. Curfman, PGP, PGM, PDC
Richard Hays, PGM, PDC
JURISDICTIONAL YOUTH COMMITTEE
Janet Bruce – 3 years
Rick Baker – 2 years
Jane Stiles – 2 years
April Smith,– 3 years
Mat Yingling – 3 years
Steve Adams – 3 years
VISUAL RESEARCH
Penny Null – 1 year
Eugene Etherton – 1 year
Robert Seiffert – 2 years
Richard Bright – 2 years
Sheila Legg – 2 Years
Gail Ann Byers, PPRA, PGM, (Chairperson) 3 years
PAST GRAND MASTERS
John R. Mrizek, PGP, – 1975-1976
Allen H. Jones, GR – 1989-1990
Paul J. Schmiedl – 1993-1994
Lloyd Jenkel – 1994-1995
Richard Hays – 2001-2002
Richard Herring, GI – 2002-2003
Lyndall Pigg, GS, PGT, PGR – 2003-2004
Richard Jones, PGP – 2004-2005
Jerald T. Sarnes, PGP, PDC, GS, GC® – 2005-2006
Harold E. Curfman, PGP, PDC – 2006-2007
Robert Smith – PSGM – 2007-2008
Gregory Worrell, PGP, PDC – 2008-2009
John “BJ” Goldberg – PGP – 2009-2010
Randy Barnes – 2010-2011
Daniel Davis, PGP – 2011-2012
Clyde Litton, PGP – 2012-2013
Jim Turner, GR – 2013-2014
Charles Campbell – PGP – 2014-2015
Eric Smith – PGP – 2015-2016
REBEKAH ASSEMBLY
Sharon Landry – President
Mona Healy – Vice President
Warden
Janet Bruce-Secretary
Carole Day -Treasurer
PPRA (Representative
Rebecca Maplesden – PPRA
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT
Archie Bruce – Grand High Priest
Ernest Higgerson – Grand Senior Warden
Jerald T. Sarnes, PGM, PGP, PDC, GC® – Grand Scribe
Allen H. Jones, PGM, GR – Grand Treasurer
Janet Bruce – Grand Junior Warden
Randall W. Barnes, PGP, PGM, Grand Instructor
Arlan Miller, PGP, Grand Representative
John R. Mrizek, PGM, PGP, GR(E)
Ken Lasswell, PDC, Jr Grand Patriarch
PATRIARCHS MILITANT
Colonel Geoffrey Lasswell, Department Commander
Lt. Col. Archie Bruce, Deputy Department Commander
General Jerald T. Sarnes, Captain, Department Adjutant
General Commanding ®
Captain Janet Bruce, Department Quartermaster
Major William Maplesden, 1st Battalion
Major Earl Wys, 2nd Battalion
LADIES PATRIARCHS AUXILIARY OFFICERS
Lady Sheila Reamer, President
Lady Audrey Jones, PPRA, Secretary
Lady Carolyn Walker, PGM, Treasurer
Lady Judy Sarnes, PPRA, PPLAPM
