Maximiliano Tafoya - Tucumcari Memorial Park - Tucumcari, NM, USA - Doves of peace on Waymarking.com

The Woodmen of the World are known today as WoodmenLife, a fraternal society that provides insurance to its members. Visitors to older cemeteries can frequently spot the marble tree trunk monuments that they placed at the graves of their members, although not every tree trunk monument out there was placed by the Woodmen of the World: It was common in the late 19th century to use a log to note that a person had died young. Eventually, those tree trunk monuments became too expensive to produce, and headstones would be marked with a Woodmen of the World emblem of some kind. Earlier ones featured a dove of peace with an olive branch in its beak, flying over a fallen log where the tools of the woodmen's trade -- hatchet, mallet, and wedge -- can be seen. Later ones like this one would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and tools are worked into the fabric of the monument. Either the base is missing or buried, and there is also the uncommon addition of a Christian cross atop the tree trunk, most likely an indication of Roman Catholicism. The dove of peace is perched on the inscription scroll, which reads:

Maximiliano
Tafoya

Born Jan. 8, 1882
Died. Feb 10, 1913

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He was a loving husband,
a fond father and
a friend to all

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Tucumcari Memorial Park 4161 Cemetery Rd Tucumcari, NM USA 88401

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