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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.

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