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CHARLES WILLIAM SCHULER 1865-1930
Junior Grand Warden, 1913
MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1930-431:
R.W. Brother Schuler was born in Greenfield, September 7, 1865, and died at his home in Montague City, October 28, 1930. He learned the printing trade in his youth, but entered the service of the Montague Rod and ReeI Company, of which he was president at the time of his death. He was a very active and devoted member of AII Souls' Unitarian Church of Greenfield. Thoroughly devoted to the business which he built up and made his own, his other interests were his family, his church, and Freemasonry.
His Masonic servjce was long and wide. IIe became a member of Mechanic's Lodge in 1888 and was its Master in 1897 and 1898. He was District Deputy Grand Master for the Thirteenth Masonic District in 1909 and 1910, by appointment of M.W. Dana J. Flanders. He was Past High Priest of Franklin Royal Arch Chapter, Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Titus Strong Council, and Past Commander of Connecticut Valley Commandery. He was greatly interested in Scottish Rite Masonry and may well be said to have been the father of the Rite in Greenfield. The organization of the Scottish Rite Bodies in that town was due mainly to his initiative and he presided over all three of them, being at the head of Greenfield Council, Princes of Jerusalem, at the time of his death. He received the thirty-third degree and honorary membership in the Supreme Council in 1916.
Brother Schuler's sudden and untimely death removes one of the most active, most useful, and best loved Masons in this jurisdiction. We shall miss him profoundly and it will be long before his place can be filled.
From Proceedings, Page 1930-505:
