OBITUARY

Brother Walter Scott who, at his home in Salt Lake City, passed from this to the Grand Lodge Beyond, on the 28th day of July, 1909. Was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 5, 1845.

Brother Scott was initiated in Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 145, Beloit, Kansas, May 9, passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft, June 13, and raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason, August 15 in the year 1874. That the lessons taught in the Lodge had attraction for him is shown by the fact that he continued rapidly to take the Royal Arch Chapter, Royal and Select Master and Commandery Degrees. By reason of his regular attendance, his willingness to undertake any part of the work, the occasion had been rare when he had not filled some official position. He was Worshipful Master, High Priest, thrice Illustrious Master, and presiding Officer of the Order of High Priesthood.

The Scottish Rite Degrees were communicated to Bro. Scott in Salt Lake City, May 24, 25, 26, 1897, by Bro. Frank M. Foote, 33rd Degree, Sov. Grand Inspector General for Wyoming and Utah. He assisted in the organization of the four co-ordinate Bodies of the Rite in the Valley of Salt Lake, Dec. 14, 1902, when he was elected Wise Master of James Lowe Chapter of Rose Croix No. 1. He held the office till May 18, 1905. He was advanced to the rank of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor at the Biennial Session of the Supreme Council, N. J., held in Washington, D. C., October 20, 1903.

Brother Scott was Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Utah in 1901, Senior Grand Warden in 1902 and Grand Master in 1903. He was a member of the Committee on Jurisprudence from Jan. 21, 1904, to the day of his death. In 1907 he was a member of the Committee in grievance and Appeals. He was the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick since April 2, 1898, and on the 10th of October, 1895, was elected an active member of the Masonic Veteran Association of the Pacific Coast.

Possessed of a peculiarly sympathetic nature, Bro. Scott, attracted the affectionate regard of his Brethren as few men are privileged to do. He believed in the Brotherhood of Man as only those can who firmly believe in the Fatherhood of God. He met all men on the level of equality and in all his dealings was square, upright and just. Words can hardly express a more fitting tribute than that paid to his memory by the bowed heads and sorrowing hearts of the throng of citizens, friends and Brothers who attended his funeral and who evidenced by their grief that the departed was in his lifetime indeed their friend.

On Sunday, July 31, 1909, his funeral took place in the auditorium on the Masonic Temple, under the auspices of the Grand Lodge, the funeral service being rendered by Grand Master F. C. Schramm. Ten Past Grand Masters were honorary pallbearers. The procession proceeded to Mt. Olivet cemetery, where all that was mortal of our dear Brother was tenderly laid to rest by loving hands.

A loving wife and two sons survive our Brother, to whom we tender most affectionate sympathy.

“But, oh! for a tough of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still.”

Brother Scott was a member of Uintah Lodge No. 7, Park City, Utah