Fairfield County Pomona Grange represents the subordinate (local) Granges serving Fairfield County, Connecticut
Redding No. 15: Ronald Gunther, Master
Harmony No. 92 (Monroe): George Ward, Master
Greenfield Hill No. 133 (Fairfield): John Hauser, Master
Trumbull No. 134: Louise Malatesta, Master
Norfield No. 146 (Weston): Charles McCullough, Master
Cannon No. 152 (Wilton): Donald Offinger, President
Ronald Gunther, Master
Marianne Nielsen, Overseer
Geno Piacentini, Lecturer
Louise Malatesta, Steward
Randy Miller, Assistant Steward
Susan Sulla, Lady Assistant Steward
George Ward, Chaplain
Philip Bergquist, Treasurer
Robert Sendewicz, Secretary
Donald offinger, Gatekeeper
Karen Macdonald, Ceres
Margaret Sendewicz, Pomona
Gertrude Wilson, Flora
George Ward, Executive Committee
Joan Ziegler, Executive Committee
Donald Offinger, Executive Committee
Peggy Garrity, Pianist
What is the Grange?
The Grange is officially known as the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, founded in 1867 inspired by a desire to solve problems engendered by the War Between the States. Today, it is a suburban/rural family fraternity organization.
What is a Pomona Grange?
The Pomona Grange is an organization consisting of members of Subordinate Granges in a geographic area. Our Pomona covers Fairfield County Connecticut. A Subordinate Grange is a local Grange, the basic unit of the organization.
Go to the home page of the National Grange
Go to the home page of the Connecticut Grange
Read a history of the Grange Movement.
Read the 1874 Declaration of Purposes of the Grange
Go to PatronsPlace. Links to everything Grange on the internet.
Welcome to the Fairfield County Pomona Grange #9 website! Contained in this website is information that you will find useful and informative about our Pomona Grange as well as the Subordinate Granges in Fairfield County that make up our Pomona. Grange members in good standing who have received the 5th Degree, or higher, of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry are welcome to attend Pomona Grange meetings. We confer the 5th Degree twice during the year: once in the Autumn prior to the Connecticut State Grange convention, and once in the Spring.
Fairfield County Pomona Grange #9 has had a long and colorful history, having been chartered in 1895.
If you are looking for a Grange to join, we encourage you to secure membership in one of our Subordinate Granges. If you already belong to one of the Suborndinate Granges within Fairfield County, and wish to seek the higher Degrees of the Order, we look forward to welcoming you into Fairfield County Pomona Grange #9.
If you are interested in joining a Subordinate Grange click here to go to a page with an application form. Send it to the Subordinate Grange of your choice in our area. On the next page you will also find out how to contact each subordinate Grange.