Bent Lodge #42

12/05/2025

Bent Lodge 42 - 2025 Elections
(left to Right) WB Ray Engstrom (Valley Lodge 69), WB Tom Swertfeger (Valley Lodge 69), RWB James Bungard (Junior Grand Warden-GLofNM),
WB Greg Smith (Senior Warden Elect), RWB Dave Cordova (Master Elect),
RWB Jeff Assad (Secretary Elect), Bro. Kennith Paetzold (Junior Warden Elect), and Bro. David Miller (Bent Lodge 42).

07/01/2025

Happy Birthday WB Keith McIntosh and Brother Kennith Paetzold.

01/01/2025

12/18/2024

12/17/2024

Bent Lodge 42 held it Installation of officers for 2025 on Monday, December 16. Installed were Master Dave Cordova, Senior Warden Greg Smith, Secretary Jeff Assad, Senior Deacon Asa King, Junior Deacon David Miller and Tyler Martin Jagers.
(Pictured from left to right) Bro. David Miller (BL42), WB Greg Smith (BL42), Bro. Ernest Ortega (BL42), WB Tom Swertfeger (Valley 69), Bro. Wyatt Johnson (BL42), Greg Pringle (Montezuma 1), WM Dave Cordova (BL42), RWB Michael Freitas (Cerrillos 19). RWB Dan Lucero (Grand Lecturer Emeritus), Bro. Shawn Miller (Valley 69), WB Ray Engstrom (Valley 69), RWB Jeff Assad (BL42), WB Martin Jagers (BL42), and WB Mark Yule (BL42).

12/10/2024

Valley Lodge 69

A District 2 Installation at Valley Lodge 69 on Monday, December 9th. Congratulations to WM Ray Engstrom and the Officers for 2025. In attendance were Brethren from Bent Lodge 42, Montezuma Lodge 1, Cerrillos Lodge 19, Valley Lodge 69, Albuquerque 60 and friends and family.
Installing Master was Most Worshipful Jeff Johnson, Installing Marshall was Right Worshipful James Overfelt.

12/10/2024

A District 2 Installation at Valley Lodge 69 on Monday, December 9th. Congratulations to WM Ray Engstrom and the Officers for 2025. In attendance were Brethren from Bent Lodge 42, Montezuma Lodge 1, Cerrillos Lodge 19, Valley Lodge 69, Albuquerque 60 and friends and family.
Installing Master was Most Worshipful Jeff Johnson, Installing Marshall was Right Worshipful James Overfelt.

09/01/2024

Bent Lodge 42 welcomes Brother Wyatt Johnson, Initiated into the Craft on August 31st. We appreciate the assistance of Brethren from Albuquerque, Espanola and Los Alamos.
Pictured here (back row) WB Martin Jagers, WB Tom Swertfeger, RWB Jeff Assad, Brother Shawn Miller, WB Mark Yule. (front row) RWB Dan Lucero, WB Bruce Burling, Brother Wyatt Johnson, RWB Dave Cordova, WB Jed Noble, WB Ray Engstrom and Brother David Miller.

07/01/2024

Happy Birthday to Worshipful Brother Keith McIntosh and Brother Kennith Paetzold.

05/21/2024

Carl Berghofer Sr. was presented his 75-Year Pin at Bent Lodge 42 on Monday evening (5/20/2024). Being a Mason for 75 years is an accomplishment that few Freemasons achieve, and he was recognized for this honor on the day after his 98th Birthday. In the photo, Tony Christopherson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico reads a message from Grand Master Steve Almager, congratulating Brother Berghofer for this rare achievement. Pictured, left to right, RWB Dean Mickelson (from Prescott Valley, AZ), WB Carl Berghofer, RWB Tony Christopherson, RWB Dave Cordova, Master of Bent Lodge and Most Worshipful Jefferson Jordan, Past Grand Master of the Mason in New Mexico who made the presentation.

04/22/2024

Happy Birthday Brother Mark Steensgaard.

04/22/2024

April 19, 1817: Sam Houston was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Cumberland Lodge No. 8 in Tennessee.

Portrait by Travis Simpkins