2022 Sickness/Distress

~ SICKNESS & DISTRESS ~

~ 2021 - 2022 ~
~ SICKNESS~

*** 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!!

~ Sickness - TBA... as obtained...

~ Posted: 06/2021:
~ OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL MEMBERS ~
ACROSS OUR NATION - WHO HAVE FALLEN SICK
FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ALL OTHER ILLNESSES.

~ 2021 - 2022 ~
*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"

"TO OUR ABSENT MEMBERS"

~ Posted: 06/2022:
~ 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.

~ Posted: 05/24/2022:
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of Member of Seaford, DE Lodge 2458:

~ MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION ~
SOUTH EAST DISTRICT

**OUR BROTHER ART LEAGUE**
PER (5x) - PDDGER (2x)

***It is my sad duty to announce the passing of our Brother PDDGER Arthur League, PER. Seaford Lodge #2458. Art was a five-time Past Exalted Ruler of Seaford Lodge and served the South East District twice as District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler. Once in 2004 and again in 2007.
~ Respectfully, Bill Buttrill, PSP '94 *******************************************************************

~ Posted: 05/14/2022:
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of Member of Calvert, MD Lodge 2620:

**OUR SISTER CAROL CURRAN**

**ABSENT MEMBER...
>>> On behalf of Calvert Elks Lodge 2620:
***Lodge service is 7:00 on the 16th
Obituary:
Carol Jean Curran (nee Gifford) 80, of New Harbor Maine, died on Tuesday May 10, 2022, at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Maryland.
She was born January 8, 1942 in Damariscotta, Maine. She graduated from Bristol High School in Bristol, Me., in 1960. She attended the University of Maine-Portland studying Liberal Arts, where she met her Husband of over Sixty years John Anthony Curran. They moved to Maryland to start their family. John worked as Manufacturing Engineer and worked his way up to Director of Operations for Fairchild Ind., Gould Ind., and ComSat Ind. Their first child, Francis Joseph, born in 1961, followed by Joanne Marie Fayette (deceased) in 1964, and finally Daniel Christopher in 1966. In 1968, the family settled in Hyattsville, Md, on Decatur Street, where Carol and John raised their family. Carol, a talented artist and painter, set up a corner in their basement to paint, mostly seascapes of her hometown, New Harbor. She was active in the Landover Hill Boys and Girls Club, and was on the Board of Directors for LHBC for many years. She went to work at Woolco, in New Carrolton, to help send her sons to DeMatha Catholic High School and Joanne to Elizabeth Anne Seton High School, and in a very short time at Woolco, she was promoted Assistant Manager in charge of cashiers. She was also active in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Prince George’s Lodge #1778, where she served as President of the Lady of the Elks.
Carol and John moved to Prince Frederick in 1999, towards retirement, where they were active with Calvert Elks #2620. She was happy to be close to her best friend, her daughter Joanne. Carol and John were both volunteers at Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home, throughout the years she was there aiding the Easter Bunny or as Mrs. Santa Claus visiting the veterans.
She is survived by her husband, John A. Curran; her two sons, Frank and Dan; her sister Carla Ann Fossett and Kendall Fossett; her brother Christopher Gifford and Gail Gifford; and many nieces and nephews. Carol is predeceased by her mother Rhoda Emma Gifford (nee. Hilton), her father, Carl Edward Gifford, and her loving daughter, Joanne Marie Fayette (nee. Curran).
Her viewing and service will be at Rausch Funeral Home 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, Md. Her viewing will be on Monday, 16 2022, from 6 PM – 8 PM and service will be held Tuesday, 17 2022, at 12 PM, followed by internment at Asbury Cemetery, in Prince Frederick.
Memorial Contributions may be made to Elks National Foundation, (ENF) at the Calvert Elks Lodge #2620, P.O. Box 1040 Prince Frederick, Md. 20678.
Mary Cardinal-Vogt, PSP

"TO OUR ABSENT MEMBERS"

~ Posted: 01/17/2022:
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of:

~ MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION ~
* PAST STATE PRESIDENT *
~ 2009-2010 ~
South East District

*OUR BROTHER STEWART A. KERR, PSP*
~ ESSEX LODGE 1866 ~ (PER - 2x)
~ CAPE HENLOPEN 2540 & CAMBRIDGE 1272 ~

PSP 2009-2010

~ Posted: 01/17/2022:
~ It is with a very Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of BROTHER STEWART A. KERR, PSP - Lovingly known as: "Stu" - a Member of 50+ Years from CAPE HENLOPEN 2540 (and Formerly from ESSEX 1866 & CAMBRIDGE 1272 Lodges).
***Lodge of Sorrow - It was Stu's wishes that 'No Public Service' be Held.

**Note: from Joseph E. McGeeney, II, PDDGER: ...as a Dear Friend & Member of Stu since 1970's (...where he became a Member of BPOE Essex, MD 1866 [and a 2x PER]), It is my belief that he would Request a Donation in his "Honor" be made to our Elks Camp Barrett - where he devoted many years as an ECBee Volunteer & Director for many of those years. Stu truly was a devoted "ELK" - in every aspect of the meaning of an "ELK", ...(as many other Members also qualify for this as well).
"THANK YOU BROTHER STU - RIP MY BROTHER" - UNTIL EACH DAY AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR WE MEET AGAIN!!

~ Posted: 01/27/2022:
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of Member of Dover, DE Lodge 1903:

~ MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION ~
* PAST STATE PRESIDENT *
~ 2006-2007 ~
North East District

*OUR BROTHER EDWARD M. WILLIS, PSP*

PSP 2006-2007

EDWARD M. WILLIS, PER DOVER 1903

June 1, 1936 - January 22, 2022

***It is my sad duty to announce the passing of PSP Ed Willis. Visitation will be from 1-2 on Tuesday, February 1st - at Torberts Funeral home located at 1145 Lebanon Road, Dover DE. The Elk' Service will take place at 1:45. Funeral services will begin at 2 pm. The Burial will follow at Sharyn Hill cemetery. There will be food served after the burial at the Dover Elks Lodge around 3:30 pm.
Thank you
Kathy King
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*WEB LINK: https://www.torbertfuneral.com/
*DIRECT WEB PAGE: https://www.torbertfuneral.com/obituaries/Edward-M-Willis?obId=23807671#/obituaryInfo

~ Posted: 02/06/2022:
~ It is with a Sad & Heavy Heart to report the Passing of Member of Essex, MD 1866:

~ MD-DE-DC ELKS ASSOCIATION ~
* State Chair * Americanism *

* OUR SISTER *
LINDA J. GREAVER-VIBBERT, PER
* PAST EXALTED RULER *
~ AMERICANISM ~
State Chair & NC District Chair

**Linda Vibbert: Rosedale

~ Linda Jean Vibbert May 10, 1978 - February 6, 2022 On February 6, 2022, Linda Jean Vibbert (nee Greaver); beloved wife of Michael Vibbert; devoted mother of Dylan Vibbert; cherished daughter of Michael and Deborah Greaver; loving granddaughter of the late Jerry and Jean Snyder, and George and Elsie Greaver. Also survived by a host of other loving family members and friends.
~ Friends may call at family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home P. A. at 1407 Old Eastern Avenue, Essex >>>
***OBITUARY WEBSITE: https://www.bruzdzinski.com/obituary/Linda-Vibbert