Joseph Martin McFarlane

Life Reflections Joseph Martin McFarlane, son of deceased Pauline McFarlane and Leonard Theophilous, was born on November 11, 1919 in Belmont, Trinidad. He graduated from Western Boys RC School. His favorite sports were cricket and football (soccer). He had two sisters, Grace Jack and McFarlane He(deceased). Marie Hade and Kenneth McFarlane (cousins) are left to mourn him. A builder contractor by trade, he became a maintenance supervisor for Equitable Bank Baltimore after migrating to the United States in 1970. He married Jane Pasqual in 1948 and had six children: Earl, Elizabeth (deceased), John, Marilyn, and Rosalyn. He had two other children Lionel Joseph and Martin Joseph. Besides his children he leaves to cherish his memory his grandchildren :Danyel, Cecila, Antonia, Derrick, Felicia, Sade, Jamal, Nicholas, Naeem, N'Namdi and nine great-grandchildren: Jane McFarlane died in 1982. He leaves to mourn his second wife, a friend a companion and lover, Jeanette and his stepchildren: Michelle, Michael, Donnette, Larry, and Darryl, plus 27 step-grand Step great-grandchildren. Other nieces and nephews of Mr. McFarlane are Derrick, Sean, Jeanette, Donna, Ann, Joann, and Yolande. Joseph McFarlane was a person who shared his experience with all he met. He was the life of the party, a man of wisdom – both spiritually and socially. He was an ardent masquerader in the Trinidad Carnival portraying from a “Midnight Robber” to a “White Polar Bear”. He joined the Tucsan Lodge #271U.O.M.E.S. West Hemisphere Inc. USA in 1948 and became a Senior Deacon. He was also a Grand Junior Deacon of the Tuscan Grand Christian Encampment #1. He obtained the Royal Arch Degree and was a member of the Lodge of Noble Order of the Purple or Priesthood Degree in 1968. He was a founder of the Improved Benevolent Protection order of Elk of the world #1487 I.P.D.O.E. In Trinidad 1959. He also belonged to the Iere lodge #2065 G.U.O.O.F.S. 1970. He became a member of the Prince Hall Lodge #38 in 1977. Here he served as a Junior Deacon and Senior and was elected Junior Warden in 1991. In 1993 he joined the Celestial Lodge #24 and was the chaplain for the lodge. He received his P.I.G. Under the Grand Council Morning Star 2001 Inc. He was appointed D.F.D. for the Lodge in Baltimore, MD.

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Joseph Martin McFarlane

November 11, 1919 - February 15, 2013