Dexter Mason Ferry Weeks, 33°
(May 31, 1867-Dec 12, 1941)

1905 - 32° Consistory of Western Missouri, Kansas City
1909 - Knight Commander, Court of Honour
1911 - Venerable Master, Lodge of Perfection
1912 - Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary

Occupation: Branch Manager, Studebaker Corporation
Alumnus: Princeton University
Interred: Lake View Cemetery, Skaneateles, New York

Ill Brother Weeks died on December 12, 1941 after a long illness. His funeral was held at his home on 10 W. Lake Road, Skaneateles. New York on December 15th. He was born May 11, 1867 the son of William and Augusta Ferry Weeks. He prepared for college at the Geneseo Normal School in Geneseo, New York and entered Princeton at 1891. He took a keen interest in literary activities and was chosen to represent his class in the annual Washington Birthday Debate. He won the Boudinot Historical Fellowship and graduated cum laude with his class with a Bachelor's degree of Arts. After college he was associated with the American Blower Company at Detroit then called to the presidency of the Bashford Burmeister Company in Prescott, Arizona. In 1904 he was appointed as the branch manager for the Studebaker Company in Kansas City and while in Kansas City he served as president of the University Club. In 1912 He was appointed to the office of general sales manager for the Studebaker Company and moved to South Bend, Indiana. In 1916 he retired to make his home in Skaneateles. New York.

While living in Kansas City Brother Weeks became a Scottish Rite mason in 1905 and was invested with the honor of the Knight Commander of the Court of Honour in 1911, the year he served as Venerable Master of the Lodge of Perfection. In 1912 he was coroneted with the 33°, the highest degree in Freemasonry.