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Lodge No. 10, Anchorage, Alaska; Charter member of Renaissance Lodge No. 312, serving as
Worshipful Master while the Lodge was Under Dispensation, and continued serving in that
capacity until his passing.
He held Honorary memberships in White Center Lodge No. 300; Newport Lodge No. 144;
Whitman Lodge No. 49; North Hill Lodge No. 210; Methow Valley Lodge No. 240, and
Tsawwassen Lodge No. 185, Delta, British Columbia. He was a corresponding member in both
the Philalethes, and the Phylaxis Societies. He held memberships in several other Research
Lodges; Quatuor Coronati in London, England, as a corresponding members, the Missouri Lodge
of Research, the Iowa Lodge of Research, and Northern and Southern Lodges of Research.

Brother George was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Patron of Robert
Morris Chapter in 1986, with his wife, Merle, Worthy Matron. He also held dual membership in
Lakeside Chapter.

His other Masonic affiliations include Oriental Chapter No. 19, Royal Arch Masons, where he
served as High Priest in 1971-72; Seattle Council No. 6, Royal and Select Masters; Knight
Templar; decorated KCCH in the Seattle Valley of the Scottish Rite in 1981; Thistle Clan of the
Royal Order of Scotland; St. Alban's Chapter of the Red Cross of Constatine, and Nile Shrine.

George was a founding force and founding member of the Goose and Gridiron Club; and the
founding member and first Preceptor of the Alnwick Club, a true Table Lodge, and he held a
particular fondness for both.

Our Grand Master demonstrated the best qualities of leadership when he proposed to take positive
action about some of the problems that beset Masonry in general and this Jurisdiction in particular.
During his administration, a Masonic information booth was present at the Puyallup Fair; a similar
booth at the opening of the Tacoma Dome; an 8-page insert about Freemasonry in every major
newspaper in the State in February of 1983; the laying of the cornerstone at the Tacoma Dome; 2
trips to Alaska; 2 Centennial Celebrations; 2 Rededication Ceremonies; several Cornerstone
Ceremonies, and on and on.

In his spare time pictorial marquetry, the art of inlaying exotic and rare woods into a picture, was
his artistic release. He was a member of the Marquetry Society of America. His methods have been
made a part of their curriculum, and examples of his work were shown by them as the artistry at
its best.

Most Worshipful Brother George Robert Bordewick passed from this life on July 18, 1991.