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ROBERT PRESTON BEACH 1916-2007

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  • MM 1945, Beth-Horon
  • WM 1961, The Harvard
  • Grand Marshal, 1963-1965
  • Senior Grand Warden, 1966
  • Grand Secretary, 1969-1988

BIOGRAPHY

RETIREMENT, 1989

From TROWEL, Summer 1989, Page 31:

Masonry Tributes Retiring Robert Preston Beach

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R. W. Robert P. Beach

Massachusetts Masonry paid tribute to the 25 years of Grand Lodge service by Robert P. Beach at a testimonial held in the Grand Master's Banquet Hall of Grand Lodge on April 8. Guests included his wife Barbara and Rev. Bro. Peter H. Meek and his wife Barbara. The latter is the daughter of Bob and Barbara Beach, and Bro. Meek is a Grand Lodge Chaplain.

M. W. Albert T. Ames presided at the affair and introduced Past Grand Masters Whitfield M. Johnson, Donald W. Vose, Stanley F. Maxwell, Arthur H. Melanson, J. Philip Berquist, and David B. Richardson, all of whom paid tribute to Bro. Beach's long service for Grand Lodge that began when he was Grand Marshal for the late M. W. A. Neill Osgood, 1963-65. A State Senate citation was presented to the honored guest, along with a purse of money to help ease the expense of a planned trip to the Orient.

A native of Portland, OR, and educated in the West Coast and at Harvard, Bro. Beach had World War II service as an officer in the Navy, most of which was in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Raised in Beth-Horon Lodge in Brookline in 1945, he is an affiliate of The Harvard Lodge where he was Master in 1961, Meridian Lodge of Natick, and a charter member of Maugus Hill, DeMolay, and the Masters Lodges. He holds Honorary membership in Sibert Lodge of the Canal Zone.

Senior Grand Warden in 1966 and assistant to Grand Secretary Earl W. Taylor in 1968, Bro. Bob was elected Grand Secretary in 1969 and served through 1988. He is a member of the Library, Museum, and Foreign Relations committees, and Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. He was secretary for several years of the Grand Secretaries Association of the U.S. and Canada.

Holder of the two most prestigious honors given by our Grand Lodge, he received the Joseph Warren Medal in 1963 and the Henry Price Medal in 1966. He was honored by the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire with the presentation of the Jeremy L. Cross Medal. A Certified Public Accountant, Bro. Beach maintains a business office in Boston.

MEMORIAL

Obituary, obtained at Legacy.com:

Age 91 of Bedford, March 9, 2007. Husband of Barbara (Harvey) Beach. Father of Barbara B. Meek and her husband Rev. Peter H. Meek of Lexington. Grandfather of Amy Meek. Memorial Service, Friday, March 16 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel at Carleton Willard Village, 100 Old Billerica Rd., Bedford. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment private.


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