Past Masters of Lodge No. 43

Many fine Past Masters of Lodge No. 43 have guided our lodge through the years to success. Our most notable Worshipful Master was former President James Buchanan, Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 43 in 1822-1823. This portrait of our most famous Past Master hangs on the wall outside of the Lodge room.

These are the living Past Masters of Lodge No. 43, as of the Masonic Year 2014 A.D., 6014 A.L., Due to the merger of Lodge No. 43 with the former Andrew H. Hershey Lodge No. 764, and Past Masters joining us from other Lodges there are cases where two or more Past Masters are listed that year.


1950 – 1960’s –

1957 Donald R. Mummert

1970 – 1980’s –

1972 Robert E. Breuninger | 1975 J. Harry Pickle, III |1977 Louis R. Saunders, Jr. | 1980 Jessie D. Turner |1981 Donald L. Gulliver | 1981 Robert D. Miller, Jr. |1983 David P. Oberdorf | 1983 George E. Vernau, Jr. | 1984 John H. Bruhn | 1985 Arthur C. Braken | 1986 Benjamin B. Markley | 1987 Larry G. Mathias |1987 Kenneth V. Pineda | 1988 Larry T. Greathouse | 1988 Jeffrey L. Hicks |1989 Samuel L. Fleming | 1989 Charles W. Sherman (Lodge 1025, NY) | 1989 Kevin J. Kassees.

1990 – 2000

1991 Jack W. Brinser | 1992 Basil Washchysion | 1993, 1994 LaVerne R. Gibble | 1993 Gary L. Rader | 1996 Nathaniel Gilchrist | 1996 L. Bryan Walton | 1997 Douglas M. Wiker | 1997 Herbert K. Swisher | 1998 Edward G. Fasnacht | 1999, 2000 Albert B. Kling | 2000 Ronald R. Reinmiller.

2001 – 2010 –

2001 Charles E. Ailes, II | 2002 Craig A. Myers | 2002 Michael J. Resh | 2002, 2006 Daniel S. Edwards (Lodge 417, PA) | 2003 Jeffrey S. Moyer | 2003 Christian C. Kunzler, III | 2004, 2010 Paul A. Sutcliffe, Jr. | 2005 William J. Barry | 2006 Gavin B. Harding | 2007 Ronald E. Denlinger | 2008 Frank L. Tunis | 2008 James E. Gable (Lodge No.712, CA) | 2009 Norman R. Sanford ( Lodge No.116, MD ).

2010 – 2020’s –

2011 Drue M. Bullington | 2012 Thomas E. Hopta | 2013 Noel R. Wenrich | 2014 Alan R. Parker | 2014 James A. Malone (Lodge No. 706) 2015 Joshua D. Parmer | 2016 Brett A. Cook | 2017 Thomas J. Quinn | 2018 L. Kenneth Bray III | 2019 Todd A. Bennicas | 2020 Paul M. Allen | 2021 Edward McGrath Jr.