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HERBERT N. FAULKNER 1902-1967

MEMORIAL

From Proceedings, Page 1967-84:

Right Worshipful Herbert Nelson Faulkner, son of James Robbins Faulkner and Mary Belle Faulkner, born July 25, 1902 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and after many years of devoted service to Massachusetts Freemasonry, passed away at Boston, February 1, 1967.

Brother Faulkner became a Mason in Wyoming Lodge, Melrose, Massachusetts, on June 26, 1924. Passed September 26, 1924. Raised October 29, 1924, and became Worshipful Master of Wyoming Lodge in 1942. He served as District Deputy Grand Master of the Melrose Seventh District 1955-1956. He received the Henry Price Medal in l9S7 while serving the Grand Lodge as Deputy Grand Master. He was Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of lreland. He was a member of, and a very devoted worker for, the Unitarian Church of Melrose. As a boy he served as President of the Young People's Group, was a Sunday School teacher and later Superintendent of the Sunday School. He served many years as a member of the Endowment Fund Committee.

Herb graduated from Melrose High School in 1919 after active participation in school theatricals, the orchestra and varsity football squad.

He attended Boston University night school where he received both his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business Administration.

In the line of public service Brother Faulkner gave much of his time to the Melrose School Committee serving as Chairman of the Committee for eight years. He also gave freely of his time to several youth movements and groups.

Brother Faulkner was exalted in Waverly Royal Arch Chapter, Melrose, June 8,1929, High Priest 1938. Knighted Hugh de Payens Commandery No. 20, K.T. April 6, 1931. Greeted Melrose Council, R. & S.M. May 21, 1947.

Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Boston:

• Boston Lafayette Lodge of Perfection Dec..4, 1942
• Giles F. Yates Council, P. of J. Dec. 11, 1942
• Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix Feb. 19, 1943
• Mass. Consistory Feb. 26, 1943
  • Commander-in-Chief 1949-1952
• Created a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°
  • Honorary Member Supreme Council Sept. 26, 1951
• Crowned an Active Member Sept. 25, 1958
  • Deputy for Massachusetts Sept. 1962 until his death

• Member Mass. College, Societas Rosicruciana In Civitatibus Foederatis May 11, 1956
• Member, Aleppo Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Ill. Potentate 1963, Vice Chairman, Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children
• Burns Institute, Boston Unit

Brother Faulkner's business life was devoted to banking having joined the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cambridge, Mass., on October 15, 1932. On October 24, 1932 he was appointed Secretary Comptroller, then elected to the 2nd Vice Presidency, 1st Vice Presidency, and then became President of that Association in March 1948. He retired December 13,1966. I He was also a Past President of the Boston Chapter of the American Savings and Loan Institute, Past National President of the American Savings and Loan Institute, Past President of the Boston Chapter Financial Public Society and a member of the Senior Advisory Committee.

In Melrose, Massachusetts, June 20, 1929, Brother Faulkner married Mildred H. Albee who died February g, 1963. They had one daughter. On December 30, 1965, Brother Faulkner and Mrs. Catharine Twitchell Coburn were married. Mrs. Faulkner survives; together with his daughter, Mrs. Richard A. Jones; three grandchildren; his mother, ;and a stepson, Charles Coburn, Manchester, N. H.

"Gay, tender-hearted and clever,
Witty and terse to the end, -
Thanks we should render forever,
Thanks to have had such a friend.
Bright be the blossoms about him,
Soft be the singing of birds;
We who have known him to love him,
Loved him too deeply for words."

The funeral service was held on Friday afternoon, February 3, in the Melrose Unitarian Church, with the minister, Rev. Peter Lee Scott, and the Rev. and M.W. Thomas Sherrard Roy, D.D., and Past Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts officiating. Present to do him honor were M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBooth Thomas A. Booth, Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, and several Past Grand Masters, and many other Masonic dignitaries.

Fraternally submitted,
Andrew G. Jenkins
C. Andrew Wing
John W. Dahl, Jr.
Commitee

Distinguished Brothers