Warren E. Bristol, Jr. (87) passed away in his sleep on Thursday afternoon, November 18, 2009 with his daughter Marcia at his side. Warren was a long time member of Columbia Lodge No. 25. He was raised a Master Mason on Aril 24, 1960 in Daskam Lodge No. 86. He was so much looking forward to receiving his 50 year membership pin in May 2010 that he had made his reservation two years ago with our Lodge Secretary. When a brother visited him at home, where he was recovering from a stroke he suffered several years ago, or at the health care center which he entered in late October, he would invite them to attend the ceremony. He made the point to include these words, "I require no presents, just your presence."

Arrangements are being made by Mulryan Funeral Home, 725 Hebron Ave in Glastonbury. A wake is scheduled on Sunday, November 22, from 4-7 PM. There will be a Masonic Service at 6:30 PM so the Brothers should be at the funeral home around 6 PM. The funeral is Monday at St. James Church on Main Street at 11 AM. Warren's obituary appears in the Saturday (11/21) edition of the Hartford Courant.

His brothers noting that his health had fast deteriorated last week and being informed that he would soon lapse into a coma from which he would not awake, asked RW Don Dean, Grand Marshall of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Connecticut, to help arrange for Warren to recieve his 50 year membership pin early. With the approval of MW Art Carlstrom, Grand Master of  Masons in Connecticut, Warren was presented with his pin at 4 PM on Friday, November 13, 2009. He did recognize everyone and although he couldn’t talk, he knew we were there and what was going on. His daughter said that the next morning (Saturday) he was only able to open one eye and slipped into a coma.

RW Don Dean pins the 50 year membership pin on Warren.

Guests at Warren's 50 year pin presentation: from left, WB Richard Denno, Don Demers (Warren's son-in-law), Warren Bristol, III, RWB Gerry Thompson, Brother Ed Ruff.

Warren Edwin Bristol, Jr., 87, of Glastonbury, husband of the late Martha (Grinnell) Bristol, died Thursday (November 19, 2009) at the Glastonbury Health Care. Born February 17, 1922, in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul). He came to the USA when he was six months old, resided in New York and had lived in Glastonbury since 1946. He graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1941 and served in the US Coast Guard from 1942 to 1945 as Radarman Third Class. Warren worked for G. Fox & Co. for 38 years in package and furniture delivery. He was a member of the Army-Navy Club in Manchester for 40 years, Tall Cedars of Manchester, member and past Post Commander and current honorary Chaplain of the American Legion, Goodale-Ramaker Post #56, Glastonbury. A fifty year member of the Masons, Daskum-Columbia Lodge #25, South Glastonbury. A communicant and former Vestry member and Junior Warden of St. James Episcopal Church, Glastonbury. Past president and member of the Board of Directors of the Bristol Family Association, a member of the Board of Directors of AARP #2210, Glastonbury and was an avid UCONN men's soccer fan. Warren is survived by a daughter Marcia Demers and her husband Donald of East Hartford, a son Warren E. Bristol, III and his wife Linda of Colchester, two grandchildren Keith W. Bristol and his wife Megan of Levittown, PA, Shannon L. Milton and her husband Nick of Oldsmar, FL, and a great granddaughter Emma Grace Bristol. Funeral service will be Monday (Nov. 23) at 11 a.m. in St. James Episcopal Church, 2584 Main St., Glastonbury. Burial will follow with military honors in St. James Cemetery, Glastonbury. Friends may call at the Mulryan Funeral Home, 725 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury Sunday (Nov 22) from 4-7 p.m. A Masonic service will be held at 6:30pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Masonicare Partners Hospice, 111 Founders Plaza, East Hartford, CT. 06108 or to the Glastonbury VNA, 969 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury, CT. 06033 or to St. James Episcopal Church, 2584 Main St., Glastonbury, CT. 06033.

Published in Hartford Courant on November 21, 2009