December 18, 2013 TO: Members of Detroit Lodge No. 7 Your ballot for the lodge’s annual election is enclosed. The ballot has been embossed with the lodge seal and should be returned in the envelope provided. Your ballot envelope, whether returned by mail or in person, will remain sealed until opened by the Election Committee at the lodge’s Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at J.W. Westcott Company. Election results will be announced at the Annual Meeting. If you plan on returning your ballot by mail, be sure to mail it early enough so that it will arrive in my mailbox by Friday, January 3, 2014. There will be a meeting of the Board of Governors on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 10:30 AM at J.W. Westcott Company. The Board meeting will be followed by the usual lodge luncheon at 12:00 Noon with the Annual Meeting of Detroit Lodge No. 7 to begin at 1:00 PM. The Annual Meeting will include a report on the lodge’s revenues and expenses during the past year. As noted above, the results of the lodge election will be announced during the Annual Meeting. Captain Patrick Owens, a member of Detroit Lodge No. 7 and Port Huron Lodge No. 2 for a combined 52 years, passed away on November 12, 2013 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He served as our Lodge President in 1990, was a recipient of the Lewis Ludington Award in 1994 and was elected I.S.M.A. Grand President in 2002. A memorial page about Captain Owens and his illustrious career on the Great Lakes is enclosed. I have enclosed an explanatory page about ISMA membership badges, which are worn at lodge functions. Some members have approached me about ordering badges and if anyone is interested, I will be placing an order after the Annual Meeting in January. It is possible to keep the unit cost down when ordering several badges at the same time. The lodge has an in-house supply of gold-filled I.S.M.A. lapel pins. The pins sell for $25.00 and are available from the lodge Secretary-Treasurer. Bill Graffore still has a supply of Detroit Lodge No. 7 coffee mugs and baseball caps that were leftover from last year’s dinner dance. The mugs sell for $5.00 and the baseball caps are $15.00 Contact Capt. Griffore if you are interested in either item. Happy Holidays and the best of the New Year to one and all! Fraternally yours, Paul M. Jagenow Secretary-Treasurer

INTERNATIONAL SHIPMASTERS’ ASSOCIATION

DETROIT LODGE NO. 7

www.DetroitLodge7.org

In Memory of

Capt. Patrick F. Owens October 9, 1928 - November 12, 2013

Pennant No. 9870

ISMA Member for over 52 years Initiated January 19, 1961 (Port Huron Lodge No. 2)

Transferred to Detroit Lodge No. 7 - March 1983 Transferred to Port Huron Lodge No. 2 - January 2007

Lodge No. 7 President - 1990 Grand Lodge President - 2002

Recipient of Lewis Ludington Award – 1994 Past Grand President Capt. Pat Owens passed away on Tuesday evening, November 12, 2013 following a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 85.

He was born October 9, 1928 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan to the late Mike and Mary Owens. He married Elizabeth McCartney in June of 1956, a year and a half after he met her. She died November 27, 1998.

In June of 1945, at age 16, Captain Owens began his marine career as a deckhand, boarding Interlake Steamship's ADRIATIC in the middle of the night from the ferry in St. Clair, not realizing he was embarking on a career that would last 46 years. In fact, the only diversion from his sailing career was a three-year hitch in the U.S. Army after he was drafted in 1950.

In 1965 he moved to Ford Motor Company as third mate and continued to rise through the ranks to Captain. Over the years, he sailed all the vessels in the Ford Fleet, retiring in 1992.

Even after his retirement, he occasionally worked relief jobs for Interlake Steamship Company and with Malcolm Marine Company.

During the 2002 ISMA Grand Lodge convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Novi, Pat, representing Detroit Lodge No. 7, was elected to the office of Grand Lodge President. He also served the Grand Lodge as vice chairman of the Navigation, Engineering, and Legislative Committee for many years.

In addition to ISMA, Pat was a member of St. Christopher Catholic Church in Marysville, and the Knights of Columbus Marysville Council #9526.

He is survived by four children, Dennis Owens of Dearborn Heights, Kelley (Carl) Goertz of Rensselear, New York, Scott (Lisa) Owens of Taylor and Timothy (Athena) Owens of Redford, Michigan; five grandchildren, Patrick, Sean (Jessie), Devin, Timothy and William; a great grandson, Kai; a brother, James (Marge) Owens of Cottrellville Township; and two sisters, Molly Bachler and Margaret Gilbert, both of Sun City West, Arizona. He was preceded in death by a son, Jeffery Owens.

On Friday, November 15, 2013, funeral services were held at St. Christopher Catholic Church in Marysville, followed by burial with military honors at Riverlawn Cemetery.

The family has suggested that memorials be made to the Salvation Army.