Brethren,

It’s with great sadness to report that Brother Edward S. Kaminski, P.M., passed away this afternoon in his sleep. Ed was an amazing Brother and his devotion, knowledge and wisdom will be a tremendous loss. He will always remain in our hearts.

It was Ed’s wish (as well as his wife Karol’s) that we conduct a Masonic Funeral Service. I hope that any Lodge member in the Philadelphia area who knew and loved Ed will be able to set aside life’s chores for an hour or so to personally bid farewell. It’s the time to show our appreciation to someone who has give a quarter century of constant, dedicated service to our Lodge and our Fraternity.

Koller Funeral Home
6835 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
215-482-5200
Friday, June 6th
8AM-10AM Viewing
9:30AM Masonic Funeral Service
10:30AM Mass

Fraternally and sincerely,
Louis B. Foglia, P.M.
Funeral Committee Chairman

A new Worshipful Master in a small Georgia town spent the first four days making personal visits to each of the members, inviting them to come to his first Lodge meeting. The following Thursday the Lodge was all but empty. Accordingly, the Worshipful Master placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that, because the Lodge was dead, it was everyone's duty to give it a decent Masonic burial. The funeral would be held the following Monday afternoon, the notice said. Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for the "funeral." In front of the Altar, they saw a closed coffin, smothered in flowers. After the Chaplain delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and invited his Brethren to come forward and pay their final respects to their dead Lodge Filled with curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a "dead Lodge," all the Brethren eagerly lined up to look in the coffin. Each "mourner" peeped into the coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty, sheepish look. In! the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large mirror. Remember the obligation we all took my brethren attend and support your Lodge!!!!