~2020 - 2021~
~ SICKNESS & DISTRESS ~
*** THE MEMBERS OF MD-DE-DC ELKS PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WITH HEALTH ISSUES,
THAT THEY MAY HAVE A SPEEDY RECOVERY SOON... 
**​Our Thoughts and Prayers are with all Members & their Families that have been Ill.  We Wish a Speedy Recovery and Good Health for all!! 
~ 2020-2021: Sickness - TBA... as obtained...
~ Posted: 05/2020: 
~ OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL MEMBERS - ACROSS OUR NATION FALLEN SICK FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ALL OTHER ILLNESSES. 
​~ Posted: 11/19/2020:
~ Information received that Dana Gourlay has been having major health issues since she has moved to Alabama (formerly a Member with Frostburg & Cumberland, MD Lodges).  She is presently in the hospital and may be for some time.  Will you please blast her address to our members so cards can be sent to her...
Dana Gourlay
SE Health
1108 Ross Clark Circle
Dothan, Alabama 36301
~ 2020 - 2021 ~
DISTRESS
~ THE FAULTS OF OUR MEMBERS
WE WRITE UPON THE SAND,
THEIR VIRTUES UPON THE TABLETS
OF ​LOVE & MEMORY!
~ You have heard the tolling of eleven strokes. This is to remind us that with Elks the hour of eleven has a tender significance. Wherever Elks may roam, whatever their lot in life may be, when this hour falls upon the dial of night the great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs. It is the golden hour of recollection, the homecoming of those who wander, the mystic roll call of those who will come no more. Living or dead, Elks are never forgotten, never forsaken. Morning and noon may pass them by, the light of day sink heedlessly in the West, but ere the shadows of midnight shall fall, the chimes of memory will be pealing forth the friendly message: “To Our Absent Members".
~ Posted: 05/2020: 
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of ALL MEMBERS - ACROSS OUR NATION FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ALL OTHER ILLNESSES. 
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~ Posted: 03/24/2021: 
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of BROTHER RAMOND FRANCIS GAFNEY, PDDGER - FREDERICK LODGE 684. 

***Lodge of Sorrow this Friday at 6:30 pm. @ Keeney and Basford Funeral Home - 106 East Church Street, Frederick, MD. 
~ Funeral on Saturday morning at 11:00 am @ St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church - 118 East Second Street, Frederick, MD
 **Donations to either Frederick Health Hospital or Elks National Foundation 
Obituary | Raymond Francis Gafney of Frederick, Maryland | Keeney & Basford P.A. Funeral Home

*OBITUARY: Mr. Raymond Francis "Ray" Gafney, 98, of Frederick, passed away on Monday, March 22, 2021 at the Kline Hospice House. He was thus husband of 52 years to Gloria Wachter Morrison Gafney. Born on July 11, 1922 in Patchoge, Long Island, New York, he was a son of the late Thomas F. and Edith Burke Gafney.
Ray proudly served his country during WW II in the United States Army and Air Force.
He came from New York to work at Fort Detrick and retired after 25 years in the finance department of the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was a member of Saint Johns Catholic Church, served as usher until the age of 92 and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a member of the Francis Scott Key American Legion Post 11 and one of the two left of the Last Man's Club of WW II. Ray was past president and 56 year member of the Francis Scott Key Lions Club.
Ray was a life member of the Frederick Elks Club, he served as the lodge treasurer for 41 years, he was a past exalter ruler and past District Deputy. For 24 years he was state secretary of Maryland, Delaware and DC, State Elks Association.
Surviving in addition to his wife is a niece, Karen Gafney Smith of New York and a nephew, Neil Gafney, of TN, and many great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers, William T. and Eugene F. Gafney.
The family will receive friends form 5 to 7 p.m., on Friday, March 26, 2021, at the Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick, The Elks lodge will conduct a memorial service at 6:30 P.m., at the funeral home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m., on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 118 East Second Street, Frederick. Interment will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Frederick Health Hospice, 1 Frederick Health Way, Frederick, MD 21702 or to Elks National Foundation, 2750 North Lakeview Ave., Chicago, IL 60614.
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"TO OUR ABSENT MEMBERS"