Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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TO THE GRAND LODGE OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS, OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Hon. John E. Jennings, Grand Master:
Your petitioner, Lily of the West Lodge, No. 407, I. O. O.F., respect-
fully represents that it is a Subordinate Lodge of the State of Illinois,
having been instituted by and under the authority of the Grand Lodge
of the State of Illinois. Your petitioner represents that it is subject
to the rules and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
Your petitioner further represents that Edward Roos, a member
of this Lodge, had an attack of paresis on the 4th day of September,
1904, at Fond du lac, Wisconsin, and that on September 5, 1904, the day
following, the said Edward Roos was removed to the Milwaukee Sanitarium
at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, at which institution he remained
from that time until the date of his death, October 21, 1907. The
remains were brought to Chicago, and he was buried on the 23d day
of October, 1907. The two hundred dollars ($200.00) funeral expenses
provided for by the By-Laws of said Lodge were paid by your petitioner.
On the 16th day of November, 1904, the said Edward Roos was
adjudged insane by the Probate Court of Cook County. Illinois. The
hearing was exparte and no notice of this hearing was given to the
lodge.
The wife and family of Edward Roos did not notify the Lodge of
his sickness. No physician's certificate of his sickness was ever
furnished the lodge. The lodge inquired of the family of Edward
Roos as to where the said Edward Roos was. The family replied that
they would not permit any member of the lodge to visit him.
No claim for sick benefits- was ever m|ade by the family of Edward
Roos during the lifetime of the said Edward Roos, and not until several
months after the death of the said Edward Roos.
When the claim for sick benefits was made, the lodge submitted
the claim to the Hon. Owen Scott, then Grand Master. Brother Scott
directed the lodge not to pay the claim for sick benefits. Just at the
close of Brother Scott's term the family of Brother Roos asked that
the matter be investigated more fully, and Brother Scott recommended
that the case be referred to the incoming Grand Master for further
examination and action. Your petitioner refers to the Journal of 1908,
on page 370 in the Grand Master's supplemental report, which is as
follows:
"A CLAIM FOR BENEFITS.
"Mr. Otto Roos, son of Edward Roos, deceased, late a member of
Lily of the West Lodge. No. 407, presented a claim for sick benefits to
said lodge on account of his father. I gave said claim such investi-
gation as I had opportunity to make, and sustained the action of the