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  LISTING OF LODGE PAST WORSHIPFUL MASTERS - FOLDER - Listings of Past Worshipful Masters of the Lodge and for some their Final resting place.
  Grand River & Grand Rapids Lodge No. 34 Full Officer listing from 1849 to 2021 - This PDF file list the main officers of the Grand River Lodge No. 34 from 1849 to Grand Rapids Lodge No. 2004 and to 2021 for the full 171 years of Lodge No. 34, the oldest Masonic Lodge in Kent County Michigan.
  Lodge Member Longevity Awards - Listing of Membership awards given out and planned to given out.
  Mason of The Year Awards - Listing of Receivers of the Mason of the Year Award
  501(c)(10) Grand Lodge info - Michigan Grand Lodge Letter Identifying that Grand Rapids Lodge 34 as a 501(c)(10)
  501(c)(10) Grand Lodge IRS Letter - Additional Info about the Lodge being a 501(c)(10) an IRS Letter to Grand Lodge
  Freemason Bodies - Photo indicating the different masonic bodies.
  LISTING of Lodge Brothers (Grand River, Valley City, York) who have passed from 1850 to NOW - LISTING of Lodge Brothers (Grand River, Valley City, York) who have passed from 1850 to NOW - Grand Rapids #0034 Lodge Necrology Report of Brothers passing in the date range of 01/01/1849 - 12/05/2020. Includes merged Lodges of Valley City 86 and York 410. The “YRS” is number of years in Masonry. If no beginning membership date in database can show up as 999 value. Birth Date and then Date of Death, as date well when recorded in database. This “W:.” before the name means they were a Worshipful Master. Some widows are in the database, and the year value maybe be shown as blank or “0”.
  Masonic Last Rites Request Form - Disposition of Items - This form is for Brother Masons to use to help indicate if they would like to have a Masonic Memorial Service, and the Disposition of their Masonic items. A copy should be with family and the Lodge.
  Michigan Masonic Museum and Library Information on Masonry - A 66 pages of slides of a presentation on Masonry by the Michigan Masonic Museum and Library.
  Michigan Masonic Petition for membership - For Grand Rapids Lodge No. 34, a $100 Application fee must accompany the Petition so that a committee visit may occur, and if the Lodge votes acceptance of Petition from the committee's report, the Entered Apprentice degree can then be scheduled. To be scheduled for the Fellow Craft degree there is a $75.00 fee and for the Master Mason Degree $75.00 fee. These fees can be paid at the time of submitting the petition, and must be paid before the degree can be given. The yearly membership dues of $165.00 which is billed in October/November and DUE by January 1 each year.
  Scholarship Application - Application and documentation (transcripts, four letters of recommendation) Must be submitted to the Lodge no later than April 30 of the year. Mail to: Grand Rapids Lodge 34 Secretary 233 Fulton Street East Suite 110, Grand Rapids MI 49503. We can only accept the original documents and official transcripts. Scholarship awards should first be deferential to Master Masons and their immediate family members and then externally. Requirements include must be U.S, citizen, Graduating from Michigan High School, plan on attending Full-Time Accredited: College, University, Trade or Vocational School and if currently attending as Undergraduate must have graduated from a Michigan High School. Scholarships are not for Graduate school.