Eleventh Hour Toast

You have heard the tolling of 11 strokes.

This is to remind you that with Elks, the hour of 11 has a tender significance.

Wherever Elks may roam, whatever their lot in life may be,
     when this hour tolls upon the dial of night, the great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs.

It is the golden hour of recollection, the homecoming of those who wander,
     the mystic roll call of those who will come no more.

Living or dead, an Elk is never forgotten, never forsaken.

Morning and noon may pass him by, the light of day sink heedlessly in the West,
     but ere the shadows of midnight shall fall, the chimes of memory will be pealing forth
     the friendly message,

"To our absent members."

 

 

He has passed into the light which is beyond the Valley of the Shadow of Death.  The places that have known him shall know him no more but his virtues are written upon the tablets of love and memory.

2011

Jerry Fasano
Russell E. "Gene" Butler
C. Bill Hudson
Carol Pittman                                  1940 - 2011

2010

Paul Lynch                                             - 2010
Michele Eldridge                             1973 - 2010
Richard Downs                               1938 - 2010
Joseph Fragale                               1925 - 2010
Shelton Hannig, LM                        1923 - 2010
William D. Hinz                              1938 - 2010
Robert C. (Bob) Martin, PER-LM     1921 - 2010