Annals of the Order: "ONCE AN ELK, ETERNALLY AN ELK"
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.
Elks Rests
State | Cemetery (if known) | Lodge |
---|---|---|
AK | Evergreen Cemetery | Juneau #420 |
AZ | South Lawn Cem. | Tucson #385 |
CA | Inglewood Cem. | Los Angeles #3 |
Greenwood Cem. | San Diego #168 | |
Mountain View Cem. | Oakland #171 | |
Crestlawn Cem. | Riverside #643 | |
Cem. San Bernardino | #836 | |
Skylawn Memorial Park | San Mateo Lodge #1112 | |
CO | Cedar Hills Cemetery | Ouray Lodge #492 |
Cem. | Denver #17 | |
Evergreen Cem. | Colorado Springs #309 | |
Evergreen Cem. | Leadville #236 | |
Pisgah Cemetary | Cripple Creek #316 | |
FL | Oakdale Cemetery | Deland #1463 |
GA | West View Cem. | Atlanta #78 |
IL | Mount Greenwood Cem. | Chicago South #1596 (orig. #4) |
IN | Highland Lawn Cem. | Terre Haute #86 |
Valhalla Memorial Gardens | Bloomington #446 | |
Oak Hill Cemetery | Hobart #1152 | |
Ridge Lawn Cemetery | Hobart #1152 | |
IA | Elmwood Cem. | Waterloo #290 |
Cem. | Marshalltown #312 | |
KY | Cave Hill Cem. | Louisville #8 |
LA | Memorial Cem. | New Orleans #30 |
ME | Evergreen Cem. | Portland #188 |
MD | Lorraine Cem. | Baltimore #7 |
Cedar Bluff Cem. | Annapolis #622 | |
MA | Mount Hope Cem. | Boston #10 |
Cem. | Lynn #117 | |
Beechbrook Cemetery | Gloucester #892 | |
Belleville Cemetery | Newburyport #909 | |
MI | Perry Mount Park | Pontiac-Waterford #810 |
Forest Lawn Cemetery | Saginaw #47 | |
Woodmere Cemetery | Detroit #34 | |
MN | Lakewood Cem. | Minneapolis #44 |
MT | Mountain View Cemetery | Livingston #246 |
MO | Bellefontaine Cem. | St. Louis #9 |
Mount Washington | Kansas City #26 | |
ND | Calvary Cemetery | Jamestown #995 |
Highland Home Cemetery | Jamestown #995 | |
NE | Forest Lawn Cem. | Omaha #39 |
NH | Pine Hill Cem. | Dover #184 |
NJ | Laurel Grove | Paterson #60 |
Mount Prospect Cemetery | Asbury Park #128 | |
Bayview Cem. | Jersey City #211 | |
NY | Bay Street Cem. | Glens Falls #81 |
St. Mary's Cem. | Glens Falls #81 | |
Valhalla Cem. | New York #1 | |
Woodland Cem. | Elmira #62 | |
Evergreen Cem. | New York #1 | |
Cem. | Jamestown #263 | |
Oakland Cem. | Yonkers #707 | |
Ocean View Cem. | Staten Island #841 | |
Forest Lawn | Buffalo #23 | |
Oakwood Cemetery | Syracuse, #31 | |
OH | Lake View Cem. | Cleveland #18 |
OK | Rose Hill Cem. | Tulsa #946 |
Green Lawn | Columbus #37 | |
Toledo Memorial Gardens | Toledo #53 | |
Marion Cemetery | Marion #32 | |
PA | Mount Moriah Cem. | Philadelphia #2 |
Hallenbeck Cem. | Wilkes-Barre #109 | |
Cem. | Scranton #123 | |
Cem. | McKeesport #136 | |
PI | La Loma Cemetery (Philippines) | Manila #761 |
RI | North Burial Ground | Providence #14 |
SD | Yankton Cemetery | Yankton #994 |
TX | Oak Grove Cem. | Dallas #71 |
UT | Elks Lot | Eureka Tintic, #711 |
VA | Elmwood Cem. | Norfolk #38 |
Green Hill Cemetery | Danville #227 | |
Greenlawn Cem. | Newport News #315 | |
Riverview Cemetery | Richmond #45 | |
Hollywood Cemetery | Richmond #45 | |
St. John's Episcopal Church Cem. | Hampton #366 | |
Thornrose Cemetery | Staunton Lodge #351 | |
WA | Greenwood Cem. | Spokane #228 |
WI | Woodlawn Cemetery | Green Bay #259 |
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