Click to access the login or register cheese

St. Paul ♦ St. Paul #2

Organized September 22, 1849

Contact Info

Richard Stroncek, Secretary
2410 County Rd D W #3
St. Paul, MN 55112
Phone 651.303.7255

Meeting Information

Meetings: 3rd Monday (year round)
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Address: 1898 Iglehart Ave. St. Paul, MN (basement)

Arden Hills Minnesota - St. Paul Lodge No. 2

Past Grand Masters

  • St. Paul #2
  • David Ramaley 1866-1867
  • J. Fletcher Williams 1870-1871
  • Josiah Marvin 1885-1886
  • Cassius M. Sprague 1889-1890
  • William R. Johnson 1891-1892
  • Charles Horton 1974-1975
  • Flour City #118:
  • M.H. McDivitt 1922-1923
  • David Blomberg 1937-1938
  • Richard Simon 1990-1991
  • Lou Michaels 1996-1997

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • John Dunshee
  • John B. Coty
  • Bushrod W. Lott
  • Benjamin W. Brunson
  • John Condon
  • C.K. Smith
  • Justus C. Ramsye
  • Comfort Barnes
  • W.C. Higgins

Hopkins ♦ Hopkins #17

Organized March 25, 1893

Meeting Information

Meetings: Every 1st & 3rd Thursdays (Sept-May)
(June, July and August ~ 1st Thur)
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Address: Hopkins American Legion – 10 12th Ave. South, Hopkins, MN 55343

Contact Info

Lisa Barnes, Secretary
707 Penn Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN. 55411-3625
Phone: 763.458.7994
Website: www.ioof-hopkinslodge17.org

Hopkins, Minnesota ~ Hopkins No.17

Past Grand Masters

  • Russell Barnes 2021-2022

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • S.G. Gamfibells
  • A.J. Dedmer
  • Chas. Hamilton
  • James E. Cooper
  • D.D. Jones
  • Q.W. Hughes

Winona ♦ Humboldt #24

Organized October 10, 1868

Meeting Information

Meetings: 4th Friday of each mo.
Meeting Time: 5:30 pm
Address: 961 W. 5th St. (@ Fellowship Hall)

Contact Info

John Carlson, Secretary
30952 Zephre Valley Lane
Rushford, MN. 55971
Phone: 507.606.5896

WINONA ♦ HUMBOLDT NO. 24

Past Grand Masters

  • Henry C. Fuhrmann 1871-1872
  • Morris Bergsrud 1980-1981

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • W. Wedel
  • L. Netter
  • JH. Harlam
  • J. Neuman
  • J. Budwig
  • Charles Hausman
  • H.C. Fuhimann
  • John Einfeld
  • Henry Einfeld
  • W. Wosohoski
  • E. Pelzer

Winnebago ♦ Winnebago City #30

Organized January 13, 1871

Meeting Information

Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursday
Meeting Time: 6:30 & 7:30pm
Address: Winnebago City Hall 140 Main St S. 

Contact Info

Douglas Klocek, Secretary
31590 170th St.
Granada, MN. 56039-8708
Phone: 507.236.1637

Past Grand Masters

  • David Adams 2007-2008
  • Douglas Klocek 2019-2021

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • John Robbins
  • J.F. Davis
  • E.G. Buck
  • George E. Conaly
  • W.W. Potter
  • Bailey Madison

Northfield ♦ Friendship #50

Organized November 15, 1875

Meeting Information
Meetings: 3rd Saturday
Meeting Time: 9:00am
Address: 416 Odd Fellows Lane
Northfield, MN 55057

Contact Info
James Harris, Secretary
6302 Deerwood Lane
Lino Lakes, MN. 55014
Phone: 507.363.0697

Friendship Lodge No.50

Past Grand Masters

  • W. Emerson Kieren 1969-1970

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • S.S. Dickinson
  • Wm. H. Bennett
  • T.M. Gossard
  • O.S. Taylor
  • John Lapp
  • Samual W. Matteson
  • C.H. Miller
  • Peter Filbert
  • Henry Ebel
  • W.O. Johnson

Pine Island ♦ Pine Island #84

Organized November 4, 1891

Meeting Information

Meetings: 2nd Monday
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Address: 223 Main St S

Contact Info

Richard Erwin, Secretary
6650 75th St. SW
Oronoco, MN. 55960-2180
Phone: 507.282.4396

Past Grand Masters

  • None

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • I.F. Clark
  • F.R. Paterick
  • H.A. Castle
  • C.D. Cludenel
  • B.C. Closner
  • E.M. Monroe
  • I.M. Wood
  • E.F. Milligen

Mapleton ♦ Mapleton #101

Organized March 13, 1885

Meeting Information

Meetings: 1st & 3rd Mondays
(no mtg’s July & Aug)
Meeting Time: 7:00 PM
Address: 308 Main St. NE (new address)

Contact Info

John Sonnek, Secretary
299 Krason Dr
Madison Lake, MN. 56063
Phone: 507.327-5686

Mapleton, Minnesota ~ Mapleton Lodge No.101

Past Grand Masters

  • Harold Lanz, Jr. 2001-2002

Charter Members

  • G.W Baldwin
  • William Stroebal
  • W.H. Davis
  • F. Scholtz
  • Linley Garrett
  • Charles Rodgers
  • Peter Thomas

Excelsior ♦ Minnetonka #102

Organized January 1,1885

Meeting Information

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursday
Meeting Time: 6:00 PM
Address: Church of Excelsior – 471 3rd St. Excelsior, MN 55331                                                                               PO Box 129
Excelsior, MN 55331

Contact Info

Rick Benesh, Secretary
17308 Candlewood Pkwy
Eden Prairie, MN. 55347
Phone: 952.649.0327

Excelsior, Minnesota ~ Minnetonka No.102

Past Grand Masters

  • Bernard Leach 1984-1985
  • Wesley Searles 1986-1987
  • Roland Schallberg 1999-2000
  • Allan P. Sauter 2003-2004
  • Bernard Leach 2005-2006
  • J. Douglas Plott 2008-2009
  • Rick Benesh 2015-2016
  • Wayne Rosengren 2017-2018
  • Robert Arthur, Jr. 2018-2019
  • Rick Benesh 2023-2024

Charter Members

  • W.H. Le Van
  • J.T. Rawlings
  • Wm. F. Darver
  • Lewis Hanson
  • Wallace W. Wait
  • Osby V.W. Digafoos
  • W.E. Rawlings

Detroit Lakes ♦ Lakeside #105

Organized August 5, 1885

Meeting Information

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays
(No mtg. Jul & Aug)
Meeting Time: 1:30 PM
Address: 118 W. Holmes St.

Contact Info

Dorothy Hoover, Secretary
28045 Paula Street
Detroit Lakes, MN. 56501
Phone: 218.847.6345

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota ~ Lakeside Lodge No.105

Charter Members

  • Benjamin Coombs
  • T.F. Casamer
  • J.C. Congdon
  • H.G. McCarl
  • Paul Bodeen
  • C.A. Rollins

Windom ♦ Windom #108


Organized Jan. 6, 1886

Meeting Information

Meetings: Every Tuesday
Meeting Time: 7:00 PM
Address: 943 3rd Ave.

Contact Info

David Elston, Secretary
40545 420th Ave
Windom, MN. 56101-3628
Phone: 507.831.4004

Past Grand Masters

  • Adrian W. Annes 1912-1913
  • Gordon Hanefeld 1961-1962
  • Kevin Heggeseth 2006-2007

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • S. M. Espey
  • O. P. Moore
  • D. A. Day
  • Dan C. Davis
  • Frank M. Tripp
  • J.H. Tilford
  • David Gross
  • Paul Seeger

Hutchinson ♦ Hassan Valley #109

Organized January 27, 1886

Meeting Information

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursday
(2nd Thursdays in  Jul & Aug)
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Address: 148 Main St. S @ the Lodge Hall
(2nd Floor)

Contact Info

Alex Saloum, Secretary
117 Morningside Dr. NE
Hutchinson, MN  55350
Phone 320.282.7457

Hutchinson, Minnesota ~ Hassan Valley Lodge No.109

Past Grand Masters

  • Mark W. Clay 1895-1896
  • James Hudson 1998-1999
  • Francis E. Mott 2000-2001
  • John H. Reynolds 2004-2005
  • David Sebesta 2014-2015
  • Brett Rasmussen 2016-2017

CHARTER MEMBERS

  • L.P. Harrington
  • F. C. Avery
  • Jay B. Barger
  • Albert C. Arnold
  • Mark W. Clay
  • Abner Jarrett

HINCKLEY ~ HINCKLEY NO.154

Organized June 17, 1894

Meeting Information

Meetings: Every Sunday
Meeting time: 4:00pm
Location: 104 Old Highway 61 N.

Contact Info

Lewis F. McFerran, Secretary
PO Box 67
Hinckley, Minnesota 55037
Phone 320.384.6969

Hinkley, Minnesota ~ Hinkley Lodge No.154

Past Grand Masters

  • Nels Swedsen 1958-1959
  • William Peters 1970-1971
  • Lewis F. McFerran 1988-1989
  • Lewis McFerran, II 2010-2011

Charter Members

  • J. A. Karney
  • J. Thompson
  • R. W. Simmons
  • Ed. A. Page
  • James A. Gordy
  • L. O. Tombler

Herman ♦ Harmony #230

Organized January 17, 1896

Meeting Information

Meetings: Every  Wednesdays
Meeting time: 7:30pm
Location: 204  4th Street E

Contact Info

Randy Larson, Secretary
27507 State Highway 27
Herman, Minnesota 56248-1051
Phone 320.760.5329

Herman, Minnesota ~ Harmony Lodge No.230

Past Grand Masters

  • Ernest Peck
  • Fred Gillen
  • Gordon Ekberg   1962-1963
  • Fred Gillen   1967-1968
  • Chad Bruns 2013-2014

Charter Members

  • A. D. Larson
  • John W. Crabtree
  • John Bombach
  • M. J. Fearer
  • Louis Anderson

NOTE:
Any inquiries regarding genealogy questions should only be in regards to individuals that were a member of a Minnesota Lodge. All other inquiries for other states will be answered with a referral to your states Grand Secretaries contact information.

Contact Us

I am inquiring about: (select one) *

* All fields are required.