Tucked into a sloping site in a zone that is now transitional between light industrial and residential uses, the Masonic Cemetery is a beautifully landscaped oasis. Two outstanding features of this cemetery are the Woodward mausoleum, constructed in 1924, and the 1930s entrance gates. These substantial gates are constructed of random-coursed granite, and mark the cemetery’s main entrance off Douglas Road. An elaborate granite mausoleum, built for the prominent Woodward family, is located on axis with the main entry, at the brow of the slope. The Egyptian Revival style of the mausoleum was inspired by the opening of Tutankamun’s tomb just two years earlier, a discovery that sparked world-wide Egyptomania. The Woodward’s department store dynasty was founded by Charles Woodward (1852-1937), who visited Vancouver in 1891 and bought two lots for a store. Woodward’s drug department opened in 1895. In 1901, he took an option on a lot at the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets and incorporated as Woodward’s Department Stores, which opened in November 1903. The family continued to run the business until 1993, when it went bankrupt and was sold to the Hudson’s Bay Company. A number of the Woodward family are interred here.
File consists of a three memorial cards for Martha Love which read: "In Loving Memory / OF / Martha Love / BELOVED WIFE OF JESSE LOVE / CUMBERLAND ROAD, BURNABY, B.C. / Died August 24RD. 1920 / AGED 62 YEARS / INTERRED IN I.O.O.F. CEMETERY, SAPPERTON / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., AUGUST 26TH, 1920". A s…
File consists of a three memorial cards for Martha Love which read: "In Loving Memory / OF / Martha Love / BELOVED WIFE OF JESSE LOVE / CUMBERLAND ROAD, BURNABY, B.C. / Died August 24RD. 1920 / AGED 62 YEARS / INTERRED IN I.O.O.F. CEMETERY, SAPPERTON / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., AUGUST 26TH, 1920". A short, religious poem is printed on the inside face of the card. "IN LOVING / MEMORY" with an image of a rose is printed on the front face of the card.
History
See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.