MAGLJJewell
JOHN H. JEWELL 1903-1980
Deputy Grand Master, 1967
MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1980-85:
Born in Worcester on February 9, 1903, the son of Albert E, Jewell and Caroline Sampson Jewell, he was educated in the schools of Worcester, graduating from High School in 1920, after which he took special courses in salesmanship, sales-management and public speaking. He was associated with his father as a Partner in the A.E. Jewell Co., later to be known as the Jewell Uniform Company, manufacturers of industrial uniforms, and became its President and Treasurer in 1948.
Much of his spare time was spent working in and for Masonry and for his church. He was raised in Morning Star Lodge in June 1925, becoming a Charter Member of Rose of Sharon Lodge in Worcester in 1928 and progressing through the line, became its Worshipful Master in 1937. FIe was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the Brookfield 21st District in 1940 and 1941 and served as Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1967; and was awarded the Henry Price Medal in 1967 and the Veteran's Medal in 1975. He was elected an Honorary Member of Isthmian Lodge of the Canal Zone and its Proxy to the Grand Lodge in 1965, and was appointed Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Oregon in 1968.
He was a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Worcester and a member of Massachusetts Consistory, 32nd Degree, in Boston. He was a member of Altheia Grotto and a past President of its Glee Club. He was an Honorary Member of the DeMolay Legion of Honor. He was an active member of All Saints Episcopal church. His dedication to his church is borne out by the fact that he sang in the choir for over thirty years and at the same time served over twenty years on the vestry. This service was concluded by his attainment of the highest lay position in the Episcopal Church, that of Senior Warden. He also served five years as Treasurer.
He was a member of the Worcester School Committee for two years and was a member and Past president of the Kiwanis Club. Our brother passed away on April 19th, 1980. A memorial service, attended by his many friends and associates was held on April 23, at All Saints Episcopal Church.
He leaves two daughters, Ruth Ellen, wife of William R. Bartlett of Norwalk, Connecticut; and Barbara Ann, wife of Walter D. Allen, Jr,. of Glastonbury, Connecticut; a sister, Dr. Edith Jewell Hunter, a resident of Shrewsbury; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Quiet and unassuming as we knew him, he was to his close friends and business associates, a very outgoing member of society, always ready to assist his fellow man in any way he could. We mourn the loss of a good man who believed and lived as a real Mason.
Respectfully submitted,
William C.B. Bauld
Frederick J. Voltz, Jr.
Thomas A. Booth
Committee
