MAGLJKrigman

From MasonicGenealogy
Jump to: navigation, search

JAMES KRIGMAN 1903-1996

JamesKrigman1969.jpg

Junior Grand Warden, 1969

MEMORIAL

PROCEEDINGS, 1996

From Proceedings, Page 1996-13:

Right Worshipful James Krigman was bom on April 4,1903, at Mohliv, Russia, the son of Isaac and Bayla Krigman, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 3. He was graduated from English High School in 1922, and from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1926 while working nights as an errand boy at The Boston Globe. He aiso attended the Museum School in Boston.

His career with The Boston Globe spanned nearly half a century. He is said to have gained attention as an illustrator by having several drawings published in the competing Boston Post. In his profession as an artist, he covered many trials as well as social and political events. During the 1920s he drew a half-page of cornics and puzzles each week for the Sunday Globe. In 1936 he became founding editor of the Globe Magazine and subsequently Art Director of the Globe.

Known to all as "Krig", the name with which he signed his work, he also found the tirne to serve as a Director of the West End House and the Jewish Vocational Service, as well as Trustee of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies and Vice-President of the Jewish Memorial Hospital.

His Masonic Record follows:

  • Euclid Lodge, Boston
    • Initiated, 1930
    • Passed and Raised, 1931;
    • Worshipful Master, 1942.
  • Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
    • District Deputy Grand Master, Boston Second Masonic District, 1946-1947;
    • Junior Grand Warden, 1969;
    • Grand Representative, Grand Lodge of Nicaragua, 1956-1980;
    • Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal, 1950;
    • Henry Price Medal, 1969.
  • Scottish Rite
    • Received the Degrees from the Fourth to the Thirty-second in the four Bodies in the Valley of Boston 1931.
    • Created Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33° Honorary Member of the Supreme Council at Boston in 1969.

Right Worshipful Brother Krigman died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Thursday, January 18, 1996. He is survived by his wife, Rose (Kofman), two sons, Worshipful Stanley Krigman of Malden, Richard Krigman of Needham, and seven grandchildren. A funeral service was held on Monday, January 22,1996, at 10:00 A.M. in the Goldman Funeral Chapel, Malden, Massachusetts.

Right Worshipful Brother Krigman will be missed by all who were privileged to know him.

Fraternally submitted,
R.W. George R. Dewhurst
R.W. Benson Brown
R.W. Robert P. Beach, Chairman
Committee

COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION, 1996

From Proceedings of the Massachusetts Council of Deliberation AASR NMJ 1996, Page A-vi:

Ill. James Krigman, 33°
Born in Mogilev, Russia, April 4, 1903
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 18, 1996

Illustrious James Krigman, 33°, was the son of Isaac and Bay la (Lifsitz) Krigman. Born in Russia, he immigrated to the United States at age 3, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1927.

He graduated from Boston English High School, attended the Museum School in Boston and graduated in 1926 from Massachusetts College of Art while working nights at the Boston Globe. His career with the Boston Globe began as an errand boy for General Charles H. Taylor, the newspaper's founder, and ended more than fifty years later with his 1971 retirement as Art Director. In between, he was cartoonist, sketch artist, illustrator and founding editor of the Globe Magazine. He was particularly fond of sketching trials and, also, covered many social and political events.

He married Rose Kofman in 1928. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Stanley G. of Malden and Richard I. of Needham, and seven grandchildren.

Ill. Brother Krigman was raised a Master Mason in Euclid Lodge, Boston, in 1931. He served as Master in 1941-42. He was District Deputy Grand Master for the Boston 2nd Masonic District in 1946-47. He was elected to serve as Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1969. He was an honorary member of Brotherhood, Canaan and Mount Sinai Lodges. He was a Past President of the First Worshipful Masters Association and the Hour Glass Club of Boston. He joined Aleppo Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., in 1931. He received the Joseph Warren "Distinguished Service Medal" in 1950 and the Henry Price Medal in 1969 from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He was Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Nicaragua near the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts from 1956 to 1980.

He received the Scottish Rite Degrees in the Valley of Boston in April, 1931. He was created a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council, on September 24, 1969, at Boston.

Ill:. Brother Krigman was a Director of the West End House Boys Club, the Jewish Vocational Service and the businessmen's council of Associated Jewish Philanthropies, Vice President of Jewish Memorial Hospital and a member of the Boston Arts Festival Council. He was a member and Honorary Trustee of Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline.

The funeral service was on Monday, January 22, 1996, in Goldman Funeral Chapel, Malden. Interment was in Mohliver Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.


Distinguished Brothers