Temple History

El Riad Past Potentates (continued)
 
* = Deceased  

* Lloyd F. West 1946
* W. Lee Bright 1947
* William H. Olson 1948
* Thomas S. Harkinson 1949
* Erwin H. Bauch 1950
* Clarence I. Salls 1951
* Ernest J. Kahler 1952
* Max Nichol 1953
* Verne H. Jennings 1954
* W. E. McKean 1955
* Leo K. Mossing 1956
 *  A. J. Jordan 1956
*  Wm. D. Howalt 1957
* W. P. Graham 1958
* Daniel H. Stuelpnagel 1959
* C. Gifford Benson 1960
* W. E. Cummings 1961
* Paul A, Batcheller 1962
* Lowell C. Hansen 1963
* Albert E. Egger 1964
* Forest W. Conger 1965
* Wendell C. Fritzel 1966
* W. E. Klawiter 1967
* Orville L. Bonacker 1968
* Newton Wessman 1969
* Richard A. Devereaux 1970
* Donald R. Blumer 1971
*  Ralph E. Heidbrink 1972
* Emil A. Koehn 1973
* Arnold N. Petterson 1974
   Robert B. Pfeifer 1975
 * Harley E. Roddel 1976
   Arthur Kriens 1977
* Jackson W. White 1978
   Curtis W. Kuehn 1979
   Loren R. Eggebraaten 1980
   Charles K. Dawdy 1981
   Kent E. Morstad 1982-1995
   Leo L. Heligas 1983
* Robert Z. Hazard 1984
   Charles D. Nass 1985
   Houston Haugo 1986
   George M. Henningsen 1987
   Ray Ordinachev 1988
   David L. Lewis 1989
   Jerry R. Moen 1990
* James C. Milstead 1991
   Kirk B. Anderson 1992
 * Jack A. Anfinson 1993
   Edward R. Anstine 1994
 * Richard D. Hurd 1995
   Kent E. Morstad 1995
   Lyle V. Sturdevant 1996
   Douglas A. Pederson 1997
   Arlen H. Knutson  1998
   John Archer  1999
   Richard ‘Rico’ Johnson  1999
 * Bob Fredrickson, Jr.  2000
   Louis F. Kramer  2001
   Delmar E. Kroon  2002         
   Richard “Rick” G. Daniels 2003
   David W. Neiman  2004
 * Roxy L. Laur  2005
   Charles A. Brown  2006
   Bruce A. Wallin  2007
 * Keith D. Rose  2008
    Jack Weibel  2009
    Dennis Kaarup  2010
    Pat Colbert 2011

 

Over 120 years ago on May 25, 1888, the first ceremonial of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine held in Dakota Territory, was called to order in Sioux Falls by W. D. Stites, first Illustrious Potentate of El Riad Temple. The ceremonial was held under dispensation on May 25, 1888 and a class of 33 was taken into El Riad Temple.
El Riad Temple was instituted by El Kahir Temple of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We are #43 out of 191 Shrine Temples located throughout North America. We received our charter on June 26, 1888. The Temple is composed of 24 Uniformed Units and 7 Shrine Clubs with a total membership of nearly 1,700.
The membership has remained fairly constant - approximately 1,200 Nobles live in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. The remaining members are located throughout the nation in the remaining 50 states and Canada.

El Riad Past Potentates
 
* = Deceased 

* William D. Stites 1888-9
* Curtis H. Winsor 1890-1-2-3
* Wm. T. Doolittle 1894-5. 1907-8
* Alfred B. Kitteridge 1896-7
* Daniel S. Glidden 1898
* W. Rolla Burkholder 1899
* Albert F. Pilcher 1900
* George W. Burnside 1901
* Wm. R. Marshall 1902
* George W. Abbott 1903
* Frank F. Kennicott 1904
* George W. Perry 1905
* Jacob T. Gilbert 1906
* George A. Pettigrew 1909-10
* Charles. A. Christopherson, Sr. 1911
* Archibald A. McDonald 1912
* Beecher S. McMahon 1913
* Albert J. Keith 1914
* Charles D. Syms 1915
* Neil D. Graham 1916
* Carl Mueller 1917
* Charles P. Bates 1918
* Amos E. Ayres 1919
* Otis L. Ross 1920
* Roy G. Stevens 1921
* Harry F. Bornell 1922
* Lewis C. Nichols 1923
* John C. Cumbow 1924
* Edgar S. Knowles 1925
* Thoedore M. Bailey 1926
* George W. Talbot 1927
* George R. Lanning 1928
* Rhea Rees 1928
* Arthur B. Fairbank 1929
* Lee R. Girton 1930
* Charles L. Look 1931
* Merrill E. Guinter 1932
* Jay B. Allen 1933
* H. Herbert Roberts 1934
* Denny P. Lemen 1935
* Anton H. Lee 1936
* Harry A. Hurd 1937
* Roy E. Willy 1938
* Glenn E. Engeland 1939
* Glen A. Minor 1940 
* Claude A. Hamilton 1941
* Ralph M. Watson 1942
* George R. Hahn 1943
* Harry Frank 1944
* James M. Pryde1945