Most Worshipful Brother
Wallace Samuel Terry (P.G.M.)
(died 5 November 1932, aged 61)
Vancouver Quadra Lodge, No. 2
Here is a brief biographical sketch of Most Worshipful Brother Wallace S. Terry, taken from contemporary sources:
DEATH CALLS W.S. TERRY
Well-known Druggist Succumbs at Home After Long Illness
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Resident Here Forty-two Years; Was Prominent Mason
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After a lingering illness, Wallace Samuel Terry, well-known druggist and resident of this city for over forty years, passed away this morning at the family residence, 1220 Transit Road, Oak Bay, aged sixty-one years. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mr. Terry was born in eastern Canada and came to Victoria forty-two years ago, and immediately took up his profession as a druggist. Thirty-five years ago he founded Terry’s drug store, the well-known business which is now situated at the corner of Fort and Douglas Streets. For many years Mr. Terry acted as vice-consul for Belgium, and during the war gave valuable service as head of the Belgian relief committee, which sent much material assistance overseas.
A prominent member of the Masonic craft, Mr. Terry was a former grand master of the grand lodge of British Columbia, and was also a member of the Vancouver and Quadra Lodge of this city. In his younger days he was a tennis enthusiast, and was a director of both the Victoria and Kingston Street clubs. In later years he took up golf, and, until illness precluded his playing, was a popular member of the Royal Colwood Club.
He also was a member of the Union Club and the Rotary Club. A man of kindly, genial disposition, Mr. Terry had a host of friends who will learn with sincere regret of his death.
He is survived by his widow, one son, Dr. Kingsley Terry, Kelowna, and a son, Goldwin and two daughters, Ilace and Mohra, in Victoria.
source: Victoria Daily Times 5 November 1932, page 1
The grave of Most Worshipful Brother Wallace Samuel Terry in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
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Most Worshipful Brother Wallace Samuel Terry as Grand Master of British Columbia, 1921.
