Funeral Group taken at Calvary Cemetery - Mrs. John S. Shaenes/Sharnes re John Sharnes, 1136 Cedar St., Raymond, Washington. (filed with Argentum)

Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Tacoma); Funeral rites & ceremonies;

Mountain View Memorial Park, the Garden Chapel. Mountain View advertised their ability to serve all one needed for funeral arrangements: a mortuary, cemetery, crematory, garden chapel, columbarium, casket display room and limousine service.

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);

Floral arrangement and casket at Mt. View, Mrs. Robert Haley. Cpl Keith W. Hanson, age 19, received a full military service. He was born in Mullen, Wisconsin, and had lived in Tacoma 10 years. He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Robert Haley, of Tacoma, and his father, Clarence Hanson, of Wisconsin. (T.Times, 4/26/1948, p.13

Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Hanson, Keith W.; Morgues & mortuaries--Lakewood; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Lakewood--1940-1950; Flowers--Lakewood--1940-1950; Military personnel--Lakewood--1940-1950;

A striking memorial to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces was located at the Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood. The stone memorial had an engraving representing the four branches of military service, marching in step behind the waving flag. A cross is anchored on top of the monument. Photograph ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising Agency.

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Monuments & memorials--Lakewood;

Stone benches flank the war memorial at Mountain View Memorial Park in a December 12, 1955, photograph. There is a plot of freshly trimmed lawn before the memorial which is framed behind the stone perimeters. The war memorial commemorates the sacrifices of the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Mountain View Memorial Park was located on Steilacoom Blvd. in Lakewood and contained a funeral home, cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium, crematory, and chapel. Photograph ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising Agency.

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Monuments & memorials--Lakewood;

Memorial Day Service at the Veterans Memorial at Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood. A row of chairs have been set in front of the servicemen's memorial for the service. Flags flap in the breeze, mounted all around the drive. More than 80 veterans organizations participated in this observation. Supreme Court Judge Hugh Rosellini and Senator Warren Magnuson were the featured speakers. (TNT 5/30/1956, pg. 1)

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Monuments & memorials--Lakewood; Memorial Day; Commemoration--Lakewood; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Lakewood;

Sailors, officers and a man in a suit pose prior to Memorial Day services at Mountain View Memorial Park. More than eighty veterans organizations were scheduled to join in this memorial observation at Mountain View. Supreme Court Judge Hugh Rosellini and Senator Warren Magnuson were scheduled to speak. (TNT 5/30/1956, pg. 1)

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Monuments & memorials--Lakewood; Memorial Day; Commemoration--Lakewood; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Lakewood;

Exterior view of mausoleum. In the mid-50's, the Mountain View Memorial Park added a Garden Mausoleum. With the addition of the mausoleum, their facilities were complete for all kinds of interment; a customer could now choose between earth or crypt burial and cremation. The one-story Garden Mausoleum appeared to be built of stone and brick with a flat, overhanging roof. Photograph ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising.

Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Cemeteries--Lakewood; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Lakewood;

Close-up view of mausoleum as seen in March of 1957. The Garden Mausoleum was the Mountain View Memorial Park's latest addition. Mountain View Memorial's claim was "Everything in one place"; it combined a funeral home, cemetery, crematory, mausoleum, chapel and columbarium into one facility. The overhanging flat roof of the mausoleum provided shelter from harsh Northwest elements. Stone benches were available for mourners. Small metal vases were provided where flowers could be left to honor the deceased. Photograph ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising.

Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Cemeteries--Lakewood; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Lakewood;

On Monday May 30, 1955, Mrs. Gundrun Paetz, president of the Gold Star Mothers, placed a wreath at the base of a memorial to servicemen at the Mountain View Memorial Park as part of a special Memorial Day service. Observing the wreath laying ceremony are Superior Court Judge Frank Hale (left), serving as master of ceremonies, and State Senator Albert D. Rosellini, speaker for the event. Several veterans organizations participated in the Memorial Day rites held at 2 p.m. on Memorial Day at Mountain View. The 534th Air Force Band provided accompaniment. (TNT 5/31/1955, pg. 1 & 5/29/1955, pg. 1)

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Monuments & memorials--Lakewood; Memorial Day; Commemoration--Lakewood; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Lakewood; Paetz, Gundrun; Hale, Frank; Rosellini, Albert D.;

Masonic memorial at Mountain View Memorial Park. Masonic symbols adorn the memorial and it is inscribed with the virtues of brotherly love, relief, truth, fortitude and prudence. This is possibly a portion of the cemetary set aside for members of Masonic organizations to be buried.

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Monuments & memorials--Lakewood;

ca. 1971. 1971 color Richards stock footage. This is believed to be the Valley Chapel at the Mountain View Memorial Park on Steilacoom Blvd. A convoy of Cadillacs have pulled up next to the manicured lawns of the cemetery. In the distance are groups of mourners.

Cemeteries; Cadillac automobile;

Francis F. Thompson, post chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, Custer Post, shares a moment of prayer over the Oakwood Cemetery gravesite of an Army veteran with Custer Post patriotic instructor Charles "C.A." Cavender and Cavender's great-grandson, Tilford Gribble to commemorate Memorial Day, 1926. The young Tilford Gribble is solemnly placing an arrangement of roses at one of the headstones while Chaplain Thompson doffs his hat. The men felt it important that the younger generations remember the sacrifices that were made in the name of freedom. TPL-539 (TNT 5-31-26, p.1)

Entrance gate at Home of Peace Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery located at 5421 Steilacoom Blvd. SW. The cemetary began in 1890 when the First Hebrew Benevolent Society was formed and the land for the cemetary was purchased. Photograph ordered by Western Iron & Wire Works. (WSHS)

Home of Peace Cemetary (Lakewood); Cemeteries--Lakewood;

Main entrance of Mountain View Memorial Park's funeral home in October of 1945. This is a closer view of D20426, image B, featuring the fine landscaping, awning, shutters and three dormers. Resembling an expensive home, the funeral home and nearby Garden Chapel was located on about 80 acres of land in Lakewood. Four generations of the James Richard Thompson family have owned and operated the memorial park which has since expanded to 180 acres, two more chapels and about 70 full time employees. (www.mountainviewtacoma.com)

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Morgues & mortuaries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);

Mountain View Memorial Park. This is a side view of the Garden Chapel on the grounds of Mountain View Memorial Park, 4100 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W., Lakewood in October of 1945. The stone structure with steeple and arched shaped doorway is nestled among trees and quietly portrays the peacefulness of an English countryside. It was built to seat 100 people. Mountain View Memorial Park was incorporated in 1915 by James Richard Thompson. A funeral home was added to the cemetery grounds in 1942 by his son, J. Arthur Thompson; it was the second combination funeral home/cemetery founded in the United States. Mountain View Memorial Park is still operated by the Thompson family. (www.mountainviewtacoma.com)

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);

Exterior view of Mountain View Memorial Park's mortuary, taken in the fall of 1945. With its dormers, shutters and awnings, the funeral home resembles a well-built executive home. Although the memorial park had been incorporated since 1915, the funeral home had not been added to cemetery grounds until 1942. This made Mountain View one of a selected few facilities where funeral preparations and burial could occur in the same location. Through the years, more acreage was added to the property which totaled 180 acres in the 2000's. This enabled Mountain View to build two more chapels and a Celebration of Life Center. (www.mountainviewtacoma.com)

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);

Joe Loveridge funeral flowers at mausoleum. The area around the walls of the mausoleum are filled with flowers hung with ribbons, "Brother", "Dad", "Uncle". The City Directory indicates Joseph L. Loveridge lived at 4205 Asotin and worked as an inspector at the State Vehicle Safety Inspection Station.

Memorial rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Loveridge, Joe--Death & burial; Flowers; Bouquets;

A fallen grave marker from the Pioneer Catholic Cemetery, a four acre plot on the corner of the Calvary Catholic Cemetery, at the end of South Villard. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. The land was originally donated for burials by John and Eliza Rigney. No written records exist for the Pioneer portion which had been in use since about 1850, and there are probably even earlier graves that lie unmarked.. ("A History of Pierce County, Washington 1992", vol. 3)

Cemeteries--Tacoma; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Pioneer Catholic Cemetery (Tacoma); Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Tacoma);

View of flowers and "Mother" bouquet on Robert Lynd's mother's grave site at Mountain View Memorial Park. Robert Lynd was the publicity director for the Tacoma Community Chest; he is married to Louise D. Lynd and they lived outside of the Tacoma city limits. (Note: An obituary did not appear in the Tacoma Times or the Tacoma News Tribune newspapers.)

Bouquets; Flowers--Lakewood; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Lakewood; Death--Lakewood; Lynd--Death & burial; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Lynd, Robert C.--Family;

Ceremony at Grove, New Tacoma Cemetery, Wm. B. Reed. A memorial to the memory of the soldier dead of all wars was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1949, at the New Tacoma Cemetery where 300 war veterans were buried. The American flag was raised over the memorial and a wreath was placed upon it by Wellesley Bell, father of Captain Gordon Bell who was killed in Italy in 1944. Others in the picture are William B. Reed, manager of the cemetery, Mrs. Bell, and Ruth, Kathleen and Janice Bell, sisters of the captain. (TNT, 5/31/1949, p.7)

New Tacoma Cemetery (Tacoma); Cemeteries--Tacoma; Monuments & memorials--Tacoma--1940-1950; Flags--United States; Bell, Wellesley; Bell, Wilhelmina V.; Bell, Ruth; Bell, Kathleen; Bell, Janice; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The New Tacoma Cemetery has just had many Memorial Day services and had hundreds of visitors during this weekend period in 1948. This cemetery was a division of the Tacoma Cemetery located on South Tacoma Way, both were owned by the Tacoma Cemetery Association. View of graves, some have an American Flag, in the New Tacoma Cemetery, a park bench is by a large tree.

Cemeteries--Tacoma; Gardens--Tacoma; Graves--Tacoma; Benches--Tacoma; Undertaking--Tacoma; Morgues & mortuaries--Tacoma; Death--Tacoma; New Tacoma Cemetery (Tacoma); Tacoma Cemetery Association (Tacoma);

This is a May 19, 1952, view of caskets in (old) Tacoma Cemetery surrounded by numerous floral wreaths and other floral arrangements. One casket is a child's casket. Photographer's notes indicate only that this was the Whalen funeral. Buckley-King Funeral Service was in charge. A reader has identified the cemetery due to the concrete wall separating it from South Park in South Tacoma. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Cemeteries--Tacoma; Coffins; Flower arrangements;

Mountain View Memorial Park was one of the largest funeral facilities in the area. They were able to offer complete services in one convenient location--combining the cemetery, funeral home, chapel, mausoleum, and crematorium on large acreage in Lakewood. View of office building located on the grounds of Mountain View Memorial Park; it resembles a luxurious brick home rather than a mortuary. Photograph ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising Agency.

Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood); Cemeteries--Lakewood;

Exterior of Western Monumental Works building and grounds. The marble works business was located at 1114-16 Center St. and was the authorized dealer of Rock of Ages memorials. Samples of the company's products are scattered on the lawn and also under cover on the long porch. Howard A. Wilham was listed as the owner in the 1955 City Directory. Photograph ordered by Western Monumental Works.

Monuments & memorials--Tacoma; Monument builders--Tacoma; Western Monumental Works (Tacoma);

A lighted star guides visitors to the Nativity scene of Mary with baby Jesus in her arms at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. A simple statement of "Let Us Adore Him" rests among the holly before the figures. The plywood cutouts are flanked by two tall pillars of light in this December 31, 1954, photograph. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Cemeteries--Tacoma; Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Tacoma); Creches (Nativity scenes)--Tacoma; Plywood; Christmas decorations; Signs (Notices); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Christ's crucifixion in stone or marble appears to be on permanent display at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Two angels kneel in prayer on either side of the monument which is decorated in native greenery. Women are portrayed collapsed in grief while others stand and pray. The juxtaposition of plywood angels and stone sculpture apparently works; it is a pleasing blend of materials. The Calvary Catholic Cemetery was one of Tacoma's oldest, purchased in 1905 to be used as burial grounds for the area's Catholic community, and spanned 35 acres. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Cemeteries--Tacoma; Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Tacoma); Monuments & memorials--Tacoma; Sculpture; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

Scene in an unidentified cemetery. Two graves are especially covered in blossoms on this September, 1927, day. These may have been recent interments as no headstones are visible. G21.1-142

Cemeteries; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Flower arrangements;

Indian cemetery. This was the Puyallup Indian cemetery located next to the Cushman Veterans Hospital, 2002 E. 28th St, as pictured in May of 1925. Indians under the direction of H.C. Sicade of Fife had spent the month cleaning and renovating the old cemetery. They graded, sown grass seed, planted new shrubs, installed a 600-foot wire fence, repaired 300-feet of old fence, and erected 500 marble monuments. Henry Sicade had secured a $3000 appropriation from the U.S. government for the complete renovation and restoration of the cemetery. There were about 2000 graves but many had been obliterated. Among those buried there were Chief Salatat, Chief Thomas Stolyer, Chief Sitwell, Chief Tommy Lane and Chief Leschi. The low-lying white fences surround the tribal cemetery have since been replaced by high stone walls. The small church next door was a Presbyterian mission founded in 1881 and since rebuilt. The Cushman Veterans (later Tacoma Indian Hospital) Hospital has been demolished. TPL-8741; G5.1-021 (photograph has black marks) (TNT 5-19-25, p. 11)

Puyallup Indian Cemetery (Puyallup); Cemeteries--Puyallup; Indian reservations--Puyallup;

Mountain View Funeral Home and Memorial Park. An exterior shot of the Garden Chapel at Mountain View. This building was newly opened in 1942 when Mountain View was expanded.

Cemeteries--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);