HISTORY OF PASCO COUNTY

Zephyrhills

Zephyrhills Masons, Eastern Star

Masonic and Eastern Star Lodge

This page was last revised on April 27, 2021. Information provided by Clereen Morrill Brunty.

Masonic Lodge #198 Zephyrhills
Worshipful Masters

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YEAR	WORSHIPFUL MASTERS
1910	O. E. Briggs
1911	O. E. Briggs
1912	O. E. Briggs
1913	O. E. Briggs
1914	Howard Jeffries
1915	John H. Knight
1916	J. L. Geiger
1917	O. E. Briggs
1918	F. C. Orcott
1919	F. C. Orcott
1920	O. E. Briggs
1921	O. E. Briggs
1922	O. E. Briggs
1923	O. E. Briggs
1924	J. F. Hennington
1925	H. M. Hall
1926	J. L. Geiger
1927	E. E. Quiggle
1928	Walter R. Gall
1929	J. H. Mott
1930	M. M. Maner
1931	James Kerr
1932	R. W. Allen
1933	R. W. Allen
1934	Lucius Sibley
1935	Harold Briggs
1936	Paul Ryals
1937	A. G. Vogel
1938	A. G. Vogel
1939	Harry Bletcher
1940	Frank Hartman
1941	Roger Sibley, Sr.
1942	Fred Sager
1943	T. H. Getzen
1944	James Burley
1945	Merle Bright
1946	Charles E. Gibson
1947	A. G. Vogel
1948	Unknown
1949	Sam McGavern
1950	Vance Forbes
1951	Paul O. Schmidt
1952	Paul O. Schmidt
1953	Jesse Kaylor
1954	Ralph E. Lair
1955	Owen Gall
1956	George Miller
1957	Paul O. Schmidt
1958	James Lowell Howard
1959	Richard Nash
1960	Ray Bolt
1961	James Jarrett, Sr.
1962	William R. Eiland
1963	Unknown
1964	Edward G. Howell
1965	Richard E. Dibble
1966	Fred G. Boege
1967	Hamilton E. (Gene) Lair
1968	George A. Neukom, Jr.
1969	Lee E. Price
1970	Segundo R. (Sam) Fernandez
1971	I. C. Street
1972	Bernard Edwin Burns
1973	Frank Walton
1974	Elmer Hinsz
1975	Richard Balthaser
1976	Paul O. Schmidt
1977	Paul O. Schmidt
1978	Unknown
1979	Ralph Chamberlin
1980	Orville Dunn
1981	Wayne S. Solder, Sr.
1982	Unknown
1983	Warren K. Sawyer
1984	Larry Weicht
1985	David Bailey
1986	Robert W. Pritchard
1987	Ralph C. Steiner
1988	Martin Carlson
1989	Robert Scudder
1990	Unknown
1991	Unknown
1992	Unknown
1993	Unknown
1994	Victor Mitchell
1995	Unknown
1996	Victor Mitchell
1997	Harold (Hal) Dwyer
1998	Harold (Hal) Dwyer
1999	Don H. Geiger
2000	Neal J. Kievit
2001	Raymond L. Harrington
2002	John E. Harrison
2003	Kermit W. Olson
2004	George W. Palmer
2005	Robert Skrapka
2006	Russell Trefethen
2007	Howard Bell
2008	Carl Gerard
2009	W. Charles Smith
2010	James Litchford
2011	John Fritter
2012	W. Cliff McDuffie
2013	William “Bill” Clark
2014	Robert “Bob” Benner
2015	David Budai
2016	Edward Davis
2017	Marcus Price
2018	Daniel Krause
2019	Luke Komons
2020	Edward Willoughby, III
2021	Thomas Walden

Worthy Matrons & Patrons
Order of the Eastern Star
Chapter #54

YEAR	WORTHY MATRON	WORTHY PATRON
1912	Grace McDonald	C. O. Holliday
1913	Louise Wafford	Thomas E. Scott
1914	Josie Geiger	Eugene E. Quiggle
1915	Minnie Scott	Eugene E. Quiggle
1916	Lenora Quiggle	Eugene E. Quiggle
1917	Lenora Quiggle	Eugene E. Quiggle
1918	Carrie B. Lineham	J. L. Geiger
1919	Carrie B. Lineham	George Marston
1920	Sola E. Leekly	George Marston
1921	Sola E. Leekly	Eugene E. Quiggle
1922	Ellen T. Marston	Eugene E. Quiggle
1923	Sola E. Leekly	Eugene E. Quiggle
1924	Elizabeth Harvey	Eugene E. Quiggle
1925	Elizabeth Harvey	Eugene E. Quiggle
1926	Sara E. Adams	H. M. Hall
1927	Anna Hartman	Frank Hartman
1928	Jeanie Garside	Frank Hartman
1929	Lola B. Gall	Frank Hartman
1930	Estelle Smithson	Lucius Sibley
1931	Blanche Turner	Thomas Garside
1932	Mallie Williams	Lucius Sibley
1933	Louise Saums	Zeb Smithson
1934	Lulu Sibley	J. A. Mounts
1935	Louise Saums	W. T. Ballew
1936	Barbara Hohenthaner	Frank Hartman
1937	Elizabeth Vogel	Frank Hartman
1938	Edith Briggs	Frank Hartman
1939	Appolonia Smith	Frank Hartman
1940	Geraldine Kerr	James Kerr
1941	Louisa Clements	James Kerr
1942	Ruth Baxmann	James Kerr
1943	Althea Sibley	James Kerr
1944	Grace Emery	James Kerr
1945	Ruth Bright	Merle Bright
1946	Hazel Kersey	Mabel Campbell
1947	Mabel Campbell	Merle Bright
1948	Margaret Harvey	Frank Hartman
1949	Elizabeth Fleming	Frank Hartman
1950	Louisa McClellan	Seth Barraclough
1951	Viola Miller	Seth Barraclough
1952	Frances W. Bright	Vance Forbes
1953	Leota Prosser	Warren Prosser
1954	Helen Lair	Merle Bright
1955	Patricia Vestal	James Jarrett
1956	Carleta Sibley	Paul Schmidt
1957	Elizabeth Myers	Warren Prosser
1958	Ellene Pricher	Fred Boege
1959	Helen Cranor	Paul Schmidt
1960	Onalee Boege	Fred Boege
1961	Beatrice Lovelace	Warren Prosser
1962	Bessie Hill	Fred Boege
1963	Mary Howell	Edward Howell
1964	Edith Eisenhut	Ray Grable
1965	Olive Richards	William Eiland
1966	Vera Morrill	Otis Pricher
1967	Marie Kyle	Lee Price
1968	Jessie Sibley	James Jarrett
1969	Estelle Hill	Paul Schmidt
1970	Althea Sibley	James Jarrett
1971	Sara Schmidt	Paul Schmidt
1972	Bunnie Wheeler	Warren Sawyer
1973	Ina Statum	Stanley Baggott
1974	Viola Miller	Otis Pricher
1975	Bernice Joy	Paul Schmidt
1976	Leone Baggott	Stanley Baggott
1977	Phyllis Moncrief	James Cox
1978	Shirley DeBoe	Paul Schmidt
1979	Daisy Co	James Cox
1980	Nancy Bailey	Stanley Baggott
1981	Ocie Smith	Frank Smith
1982	Reba Stumphf	Warren Sawyer
1983	Ruth French	Robert French
1984	Thelma Wiseman	James Cox
1985	Leone Baggott	Stanley Baggott
1986	Evelyn Hughes	Williams Hughes
1987	Alice Glass	Milt Blackburn
1988	Carleta Sibley	Stanley Baggott
1989	Emilie Blackburn	Milt Blackburn
1990	Joan Saare	William Saare
1991	Thelma Bennett	Hugh Bennett
1992	Pat Nesselhauf	Warren Sawyer
1993	Beulah Barclay	Stanley Baggott
1994	Laray Jordan	Bradley Gibbs
1995	Donna Gibbs	Bradley Gibbs
1995	Carleta Sibley	Bradley Gibbs
1996	Joan Saare	Warren Sawyer
1997	Beatrice Lovelace	Hugh Bennett
1998	Carleta Sibley	Bradley Gibbs
1999	Joan Saare	Warren Sawyer
2000	Carole McBride	Robert French
2001	Virginia Sayer	Samuel Sayer
2002	Patricia Gibson	Jim Gibson
2003	Elizabeth Retey	Samuel Sayer
2004	Carole McBride	Tom Goldthwaite
2005	Marcia Caporali	Jim Gibson
2006	Arlene Bandy	Dewey Bandy
2007	Elizabeth Retey	Tom Goldthwaite
2008	Carole McBride	Dewey Bandy
2009	Marian Griner	John Fritter
2010	Carolyn Mayer	E. Ray Poling
2011	Carole McBride	Paul Wiel
2012	Beatrice Austin	John Fritter
2013	Pat Weil	Paul Weil
2014	Nancy Bailey	Charles Smith
2015	Nancy Bice	Charles Smith
2016	Peggy Ann Morris	David Schneck
2017	Carolyn Mayer	Robert Johnson
2018	Nancy Bice	Patrick Lindner
2019	Carolyn Mayer	David Schneck
2020	Carolyn Mayer	Edward Willoughby, III
2021	Peggy Ann Morris	Paul Weil

Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America
Cairo Court #97

Zephyrhills

YEAR	HIGH PRIESTESS
1979	*Fordyce Earley
1980	*Carrie Robinson
1981	*Dora Pingle
1982	Dora McClellan
1983	*Emma McManus
1984	Mary Alice McKee
1985	*Viola McClellan
1986	Virginia Justice
1987	Sioux Dallas
1988	*Aretta Cant
1989	*Dorothy Gerhardt
1990	Doris Aragona
1991	*Jacqueline Lefebvre
1992	Isabelle Collins
1993	Mabel Murray
1994	*Mary Lutz
1995	*Caroline Berry
1996	*Sandra Ellis
1997	Rose Shentenhelm
1998	Hilda Lister
1999	Theresa Hammon
2000	*Josephine Butler
2001	Nancy Meyers LeBel
2002	*Lois Spencer Bump
2003	Sylvia Kallgren
2004	Ruth Whidden
2005	Virginia Hale
2006	Mary Ann Campbell
2007	Betty (BJ) Martin
2008	*Roberta Jeffries
2009	Frances Crum
2010	J. Beverly Grondin
2011	Shirley Pillow
2012	Patricia Thompson
2013	Catherin Parker
2014	Carol Miller
2015	M. G. Price
2016	Janet Monroe
2017	Gayle Johnson
2018	Rose Burdin
2019	JoAnn Caldwell
2020	Dawn Marie Rizzi
2021	Martha Lavender

*Deceased

Leota Prosser, Worthy Grand Matron, 1962-63; Beatrice Lovelace, Worthy Grand Matron, 1980-81

Zephyrhills Masonic Lodge

Zephyrhills Masonic Lodge, built in 1955

Order of Eastern Star Crescent Chapter celebrates 100th anniversary

Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America Cairo Court #97

Patty Thompson, 2012 High Priestess of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America Cairo Court #97 in Zephyrhills and W. Cliff McDuffie, 2012 Most Worshipful Master Masonic Lodge #198 Zephyrhills