Departed General Commandings-Retired
The list below are General Commandings-Retired who were leaders in our organization but have passed beyond the veil to a higher calling.
We take a moment to reflect on each one’s legacy in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and remember that they may be gone from earth, but they will always remain part of our Order and our hearts.
The list below are General Commandings-Retired who were leaders in our organization but have passed beyond the veil to a higher calling.
We take a moment to reflect on each one’s legacy in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and remember that they may be gone from earth, but they will always remain part of our Order and our hearts.
| General Commanding | Jurisdiction | Term(s) Served |
|---|---|---|
| General John C. Underwood | Kentucky | 1885-1902 |
| General M. A. Raney | Iowa | 1902-1911 |
| General A. R. Stoker | Ohio | 1911-1916 |
| General John K. Ritter | California | 1916-1918 |
| General W. S. Gurney | New York | 1918-1920 |
| General G. M. Hermiston | Ontario | 1920-1924 |
| General August Hohenstein | Minnesota | 1924-1927 |
| General Will C. Miller | Maine | 1927-1929 |
| General Fred H. A. Hahn | Ohio | 1929-1931 |
| General Edwin E. Quimby | New Hampshire | 1931-1932 |
| General E. E. Lambert | Iowa | 1932-1934 |
| General George I. Breil | Kentucky | 1934-1936 |
| General Antoine E. Dahlgreen | Minnesota | 1936-1937 |
| General Arthur G. Adams | New York | 1937-1938 |
| General Herbert A. Hughes | Ohio | 1938-1939 |
| General Edward E. Prohs | Colorado | 1939-1941 |
| General Russell K. Patterson | Pennsylvania | 1941-1943 |
| General Clifton Cunningham | Virginia | 1943-1946 |
| General C. M. McLaughlin | Texas | 1946-1947 |
| General Gordon E. Wheeler | Arizona | 1947-1948 |
| General George I. Breil | Kentucky | 1948-1949 |
| General Leo F. Pilz | California | 1949-1953 |
| General Roy Tricker | Kansas | 1953-1955 |
| General William F. Soaper | Virginia | 1955-1957 |
| General Lyle G. Gomon | Wisconsin | 1957-1958 |
| General E. Russell Holland | Oklahoma | 1958-1959 |
| General Frantz H. DeThestrup | Vermont | 1959-1960 |
| General Walter Jessup | Virginia | 1960-1961 |
| General Edward V. Ludvigson | Minnesota | 1961-1962 |
| General Wendell L. Compton | Missouri | 1962-1963 |
| General Robert H. Chapman | Georgia | 1963-1964 |
| General Raymond A. Volk | Kansas | 1964-1965 |
| General Louis G. Neal | Saskatchewan | 1965-1966 |
| General Guy W. Enis | Texas | 1966-1967 |
| General Carl K. Farmer | Virginia | 1968-1969 |
| General Alvin Gronvold | Washington | 1969-1970 |
| General Sam Mathews | Indiana | 1970-1971 |
| General B. Edward Richter | Wisconsin | 1970-1971 |
| General Emerson Miller | Ohio | 1971-1972 |
| General E. C. Thompson | Florida | 1972-1973 |
| General Fay F. Hunter | District of Columbia | 1973-1974 |
| General Murlo D. Fansler | West Virginia | 1974-1975 |
| General Elmer Teft | Ontario | 1975-1976 |
| General Harold Younkin | Kansas | 1976-1977 |
| General Oscar G. Beech | Oregon | 1977-1978 |
| General Wilmer Hamilton | Nebraska | 1978-1979 |
| General Einer Nielsen | Alberta | 1979-1980 |
| General Lewis McKee | Michigan | 1980-1981 |
| General William Miller, Jr. | Texas | 1981-1982 |
| General James W. Dunn | Atlantic Provinces | 1982-1983 |
| General Francis L. Markham | Idaho | 1983-1984 |
| General George Lewis | Ontario | 1984-1985 |
| General Robert R. Russell | Ohio | 1985-1986 |
| General Edwin B. Young | New Hampshire/Calif. | 1986-1987 |
| General Donald Bullock | British Columbia | 1987-1988 |
| General Howard J. Propst | West Virginia | 1988-1989 |
| General John F. Sealey | South Dakota | 1989-1990 |
| General C. “Bud” Bennett | Indiana | 1990-1991 |
| General Eugene L. Ingraham, Jr. | Maryland / D.C. | 1991-1992 |
| General Darrel Lawson | Ontario | 1994-1995 |
| General James C. Cassell | Nebraska | 1995-1996, 1997-1998 |
| General John P. Fox, Sr. | Missouri | 1996-1997 |
| General Dino P. Fiorin | British Columbia | 1998-1999 |
| General David F. Lyons | New Hampshire | 1999-2000 |
| General Frank E. Lawyer | Idaho | 2000-2001 |
| General William H. Wulff | New York | 2002-2003 |
| General Robert G. Graf | Ohio | 2003-2004 |
| General S. Ray Johnson | Indiana | 2018-2019 |
