Most Worshipful Brother Murray G. Stowe

Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Utah 1977

On February 1, 1977 Brother Murray G. Stowe was installed as the 102nd Grand Master at the Grand Lodge of Utah. Brother Murray is a third generation Mason, his father and grandfather were both members of Acacia Lodge No. 17 to which he also belongs.

Brother Stowe was educated in Salt Lake City Public Schools and is a graduate of the School of Business at the University of Utah in 1948. During World War II he served in the European theater as a heavy bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force.

His occupation since 1945 has been with Redman Van and Storage Company where he began as a packer-helper. He is President of that company at this time.

Brother Murray's Masonic activities include membership in Acacia Lodge No. 17, dual membership in Bonneville Lodge No. 31, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Shrine, Sojourners and the Royal Order of Jesters. He is a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Bonneville Red Cross of Constantine.

He and his wife, Nyleene reside in Bountiful and have three children, Shaun and Sandra living at home and Mrs. Susan N. Mabey of Tucson, Arizona.

Utah Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1977.

Electronically Transcribed as written without corrections to grammar or spelling by Aaron E. Saathoff, P.M., March, 2005.

PGM, Murray G. Stowe died on August 30, 2008 in Kanab, Utah. Utah Grand Lodge Proceedings, 2009, page 129-131.