Subject: re: Woodmen of the World >Hi, > >These addresses were posted on another list earlier. The person said they >received a nice reply when she wrote them about a tombstone engraved with a >Woodman of the World logo. I sent an e-mail this morning and already this evening I received the answer below. This response may answer a lot of questions being raised around the lists. Subj: EMBLEM ON TOMBSTONE Date: 98-06-22 09:11:49 EDT From: emay@woodmen.com (Ernie.May@WOODMEN) To: Rmchatham@aol.com In-Reply-To: The letter of Monday, 22 June 1998 6:10am CT Thank you for your e-mail. Well, you're right on both counts. Woodmen Circle was the women's auxiliary to Woodmen of the World, however, it did accept male members in areas where Woodmen of the World did not operate. On January 1, 1965, the Woodmen Circle and Woodmen of the World merged under the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society name. Woodmen of the World and Woodmen Circle are fraternal benefit life insurance societies. They both (and Woodmen still does) provide life insurance protection with fraternal benefits for all members. You become a member by purchasing a life insurance or annuity product. During the early part of the century both Woodmen and the Woodmen Circle offered a "monument benefit" as a rider to all their life insurance products. Under the benefit, at death additional funds would be provided to purchase a grave stone. These stones were carved by local stone cutters and appear in a variety of shapes and sizes. They all, however, have the Woodmen or Woodmen Circle logos on them somewhere. This would explain why your Uncle had the Woodmen Circle grave marker. Rita