You have heard the tolling of eleven strokes. This is to impress upon you that with us the hour of eleven has a tender significance. Wherever Elks may roam, whatever their lot in life may be, when this hour falls upon the dial of night, the great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs. It is the golden hour of recollection, the homecoming of those who wander, the mystic roll call of those who will come no more. Living or dead, Elks are never forgotten, never forsaken. Morning and noon may pass them by, the light of day sink heedlessly in the west. But ere the shadows of midnight shall fall, the chimes of memory will be pealing forth the friendly message: To our absent members.
2013 Absent Members
Lawrence C. Stiles
Robert L. Keen
Hugh L. Allen, Sr.
Albert J. Piccola
James H. Hogan, Jr.
Robert L. Smith, Sr.
James L. Bryson
Richard D. Bennett
Wayne W. Lorenzo
Beverly McFadden
John Schickram
Charles H. Hatcher
2011 Absent Members
Frank J. Pugliese
Greg Chiarello
Donald E. Clendaniel,Sr
Stanley "Chick" Meischke
2010 Absent Members
Loren "Whitey" Cossaboon
Louis P. Favretto (Model T)
Anthony "Skip" Massie
Dr. John Renyo
John Semus
Owen Carney
Jean DeTullio
Richard Bryant
Thomas Ottinger, Jr
Frank Foltyn
Ellen Alcorn
Asa Swan, Sr
Lucy M. Ferus
Robert Brigham
Paul Lokey
Gary Antolini
Thomas P. Greene
Sam Horner
Robert "Max" Pettit
2009 Absent Members
Phil W. Berry
Charles J. Smith
Paul Kears, Sr.
Leo L. Ferus, Jr.
Arthur S. Wilt, Jr.
Al Selfridge
Helen M. Dumnick
Karl J. Walter
Emil L. Van Hook
Stephen K. Walters, Sr
Matthew GilMartin
Gene Jacoby
S. James Givens, Jr