Orlando Powers Bloss, 33°
(Jul 7, 1848-Mar 10, 1939)
1871 - Raised, Racket Rivers Lodge #213, New York
1890 - Affiliated, Temple Lodge #299
1895 - Demitted to Albert Pike Lodge #219
1907 - Master, Albert Pike Lodge #219
1912-20 - Secretary, Albert Pike Lodge #219

1890 - 32° Consistory of Western MO, Kansas City
1896 - Life Member
1896-1901 - Wise Master, Areiopagus Chapter of Rose Croix
1897 - Knight Commander of the Court of Honour
1921 - 33° Inspector General Honorary
1908 - Past Secretary, Western Missouri Consistory for more than 30 years

1891 - Created a Noble, Ararat Shrine Temple

Illustrious Brother Orlando Bloss was born in the home of his maternal grandfather, Powers, in Lachute, Quebec, Canada, where his mother, a Canadian girl, had gone to be with her mother for the birth. Soon after birth, Orlando moved with his parents to Parishville, NY thence to Potsdam, NY. On September 7,1869 he married Miss Mary Frances Morgan, daughter of W.W. and Hannah Elizabeth (Ferren) Morgan of Potsdam, NY. She was born in Manchester, NH, January 9, 1851 and died in Kansas City, MO, September 22, 1902 at age 51. At the age of 14, O.P. was a drummer boy in the Civil War. In 1875, at age 27 he moved to Montreal, P.Q. Canada where he was Deputy Consul General for the U. S. Government for 10 years. He held that office until April 4, 1881, when he resigned and was appointed special officer in the division of special agents of the United States Treasury Department. On March 5, 1885 he moved to Kansas City, where he joined his father-in-law, W. W. Morgan, in the clothing business, until 1903. He served as secretary to two mayors of Kansas City, MO. (Jay H. Neff, 32° and Henry M. Beardsley) from 1904 to 1908.

In 1871 Brother Bloss became a Master Mason, joining Racket Rivers Lodge # 213 in New York. He affiliated with Temple #299 on July 21, 1890, however he demitted from that lodge in 1895 to help start Albert Pike Lodge #219 F & AM, where he served as Worshipful Master in 1907 and Secretary from 1912-1920. He took the 32 Degrees of the AASR on December 31, 1890 at the Western Missouri Consistory of Kansas City, MO, where he served as Secretary for over 30 years. On October 26, 1921, he was honored by the Supreme Counsel of AASR by conferring on him the thirty-third degree of Masonry. He also joined the Ararat Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine on September 11, 1891. He was secretary of the Kansas City Chapter of the sons of the Revolution and an officer in the Missouri State Society of Colonial Wars, and was also a member of the order of Descendants of Colonial Governors and order of Founders and Patriots of America. He was retired from this work only five months before his death, at the age of 90. He was known among Scottish Rite Masons from coast to coast for his bright red ties and love of onions served in vinegar and a dash of sugar.

Interred: Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, MO