Although a strong departure from the usual "always an Elk" phrase, the reason behind this intensity will become clear soon enough. Scattered across the United States in peaceful corners of the landscape are sacred plots of ground- some small and simple, others quite grandiose- wherein rest the remains of Departed Brothers, still side-by-side in fraternal unity though their final summons to the Celestial Lodge came as far back as a century ago. Some of these Lodge-owned cemetery plots, called ELKS RESTS, have outlived the Lodges which established them, while others have even been forgotten by their Lodges, passing almost invisibly through the years in peaceful repose while a lonely sentinel elk statue presides over its silent Lodge amid the changing seasons.
While we can't fully understand all the social factors which might have induced an Elk in 1905 to want to be buried in an Elks Rest as opposed to some more traditional family plot, we must accept it as irrefutable proof of a strong commitment to the Order, certainly on the part of the deceased Elk, but also by the Lodge which consecrated the site in the first place.
Although the following list cannot be guaranteed as complete, it's all we've found in our records to date, and we'll gladly accept any documented additions. If you ever are in an appropriate locality and feel fraternally inspired, you may want to search out one of the indicated cemeteries and discover the ageless power of true Fraternity by visiting "our Absent Brothers" in the Elks Rest section.
State | Cemetery (if known) | Lodge |
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AK | Evergreen Cemetery | Juneau #420 |
AZ | South Lawn Cemetery | Tucson #385 |
CA | Inglewood Cemetery | Los Angeles #3 |
Greenwood Cemetery | San Diego #168 | |
Mountain View Cemetery | Oakland #171 | |
Crestlawn Cemetery | Riverside #643 | |
Cemetery San Bernardino | #836 | |
Skylawn Memorial Park | San Mateo Lodge #1112 | |
CO | Cedar Hills Cemetery | Ouray Lodge #492 |
Cemetery | Denver #17 | |
Evergreen Cemetery | Colorado Springs #309 | |
Evergreen Cemetery | Leadville #236 | |
Pisgah Cemetary | Cripple Creek #316 | |
FL | Oakdale Cemetery | Deland #1463 |
GA | West View Cemetery | Atlanta #78 |
IL | Mount Greenwood Cemetery | Chicago South #1596 (orig. #4) |
IN | Highland Lawn Cemetery | Terre Haute #86 |
Valhalla Memorial Gardens | Bloomington #446 | |
Oak Hill Cemetery | Hobart #1152 | |
Ridge Lawn Cemetery | Hobart #1152 | |
IA | Elmwood Cemetery | Waterloo #290 |
Cemetery | Marshalltown #312 | |
KY | Cave Hill Cemetery | Louisville #8 |
LA | Memorial Cemetery | New Orleans #30 |
ME | Evergreen Cemetery | Portland #188 |
MD | Lorraine Cemetery | Baltimore #7 |
Cedar Bluff Cemetery | Annapolis #622 | |
MA | Mount Hope Cemetery | Boston #10 |
Cemetery | Lynn #117 | |
Beechbrook Cemetery | Gloucester #892 | |
Belleville Cemetery | Newburyport #909 | |
Glenwood Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts | Saugus-Everett #642 | |
MI | Perry Mount Park | Pontiac-Waterford #810 |
Forest Lawn Cemetery | Saginaw #47 | |
Woodmere Cemetery | Detroit #34 | |
MN | Lakewood Cemetery | Minneapolis #44 |
MT | Mountain View Cemetery | Livingston #246 |
MO | Bellefontaine Cemetery | St. Louis #9 |
Mount Washington | Kansas City #26 | |
ND | Calvary Cemetery | Jamestown #995 |
Highland Home Cemetery | Jamestown #995 | |
NE | Forest Lawn Cemetery | Omaha #39 |
NH | Pine Hill Cemetery | Dover #184 |
NJ | Laurel Grove | Paterson #60 |
Mount Prospect Cemetery | Asbury Park #128 | |
Bayview Cemetery | Jersey City #211 | |
NY | Bay Street Cemetery | Glens Falls #81 |
St. Mary's Cemetery | Glens Falls #81 | |
Valhalla Cemetery | New York #1 | |
Woodland Cemetery | Elmira #62 | |
Evergreen Cemetery | New York #1 | |
Cemetery | Jamestown #263 | |
Oakland Cemetery | Yonkers #707 | |
Ocean View Cemetery | Staten Island #841 | |
Forest Lawn | Buffalo #23 | |
Oakwood Cemetery | Syracuse, #31 | |
OH | Lake View Cemetery | Cleveland #18 |
OK | Rose Hill Cemetery | Tulsa #946 |
Green Lawn | Columbus #37 | |
Toledo Memorial Gardens | Toledo #53 | |
Marion Cemetery | Marion #32 | |
PA | Mount Moriah Cemetery | Philadelphia #2 |
Hallenbeck Cemetery | Wilkes-Barre #109 | |
Cemetery | Scranton #123 | |
Cemetery | McKeesport #136 | |
PI | La Loma Cemetery (Philippines) | Manila #761 |
RI | North Burial Ground | Providence #14 |
SD | Yankton Cemetery | Yankton #994 |
TX | Oak Grove Cemetery | Dallas #71 |
UT | Elks Lot | Eureka Tintic, #711 |
VA | Elmwood Cemetery | Norfolk #38 |
Green Hill Cemetery | Danville #227 | |
Greenlawn Cemetery | Newport News #315 | |
Riverview Cemetery | Richmond #45 | |
Hollywood Cemetery | Richmond #45 | |
St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery | Hampton #366 | |
Thornrose Cemetery | Staunton Lodge #351 | |
WA | Greenwood Cemetery | Spokane #228 |
WI | Woodlawn Cemetery | Green Bay #259 |