J. Steven Molstad, 33°
915 East 6th Street, Colby, Kansas 67701

A Brother expresses his gratitude upon being elected an Inspector General Honorary.

When I turned 21 years old, I petitioned Freemasonry and was received. I was elected, examined, and passed. Then, I was reexamined, determined proficient, and raised. As an Officer, I was appointed and elected. I have opened and closed; conducted and coached; presided, conferred, questioned, and answered. I have served, granted and willed; installed and presented; propounded and transacted. I have proposed and opposed; overseen and exercised. My 18 years of being Secretary of the Lodge finds me reporting and transacting, remitting and demitting. I have suspended and restored; accepted and rejected; collected, endorsed, and corresponded. I have accounted, consolidated, rendered, and recorded. I have transmitted and transferred. Additionally, I have graduated, been knighted, appreciated, humbled, and addressed. I have been saddened, assigned, established, chartered, and invested.

But, never before have I been so impressed, elated, and overwhelmed as when I was designated and coroneted as an Inspector General Honorary, 33°, Scottish Rite Freemason. I will never forget that day as long as I live. I thank you for the opportunity and the honor.

My family presented me with my dad's 33° ring. It is inscribed with the date exactly 10 years ago that he received the 33°. My initials and date are engraved next to his. I will wear that ring with personal pleasure and fraternal honor as long as I live.

The above article was originally a letter dated November 26, 1997, from Ill. Molstad to Ill. LeRoy Lapham, 33°, Secretary, Scottish Rite Bodies of Salina, Kansas, and all the Brethren of the Valley of Salina.
   J. Steven Molstad
was raised in St. Thomas Lodge No. 306, Colby, Kansas, elected Master in 1980, served as Secretary since 1981, and received his 25-year pin in 1999. Bro. Molstad is a Life Member of his Lodge, the Scottish Rite Bodies of Salina, Kansas, and Isis Shrine Temple of Salina. He is Past Patron of Colby Chapter No. 442, O.E.S., Past President of the Hi-Plains Shrine Club, and currently serves as Executive Vice-President of the Kansas Masonic Foundation, Inc. Married to Karen and father to nine-year-old son Kyle, Ill. Molstad graduated from Colby Community College and Wichita State University. He is in business, Colby Canvas Company, with his two Brothers who are Thirty-second Degree Masons.