RIP, Alexandra
The Grand Chapter of Washington, OES, lost one of its great ladies today. Alexandra Schencking passed away, a week after being honored for 50 years of service to Eastern Star.
Alexandra was a member of my chapter, Golden Rod #22 in Snohomish. She served as Worthy Matron of the chapter twice, and later was appointed a Deputy Instructor, helping chapters do the Ritual Work properly. Eventually, she was elected Worthy Grand Matron, the presiding officer for the entire state. Later she served General Grand Chapter, the international governing body, as a Committee Member. When first we met her some five years ago, she was everything you could want in a Past Grand Matron: lively, witty, etc.
Over the past year or so, she declined distressingly quickly. She looked sick when she came to Chapter, which was increasingly less frequent. At her honor night last week, she didn’t move out of her wheelchair, and spent most of the meeting bundled up to her neck in blankets. She told us that she could never get warm, and that she had had over 100 transfusions.
This morning, I got a message on my SPOT watch from Donna, telling me that Colleen, our secretary, had called her to say that Alexandra had passed away.
Godspeed, lovely lady.
Posted by Garrett on March 1st, 2005 in Eastern Star, Obituary | No Comments
