Woodmen of the World

Woodmen of the World was started in 1890 by Joseph Cullen Root as a fraternal benefit society and non-profit organization, owned and governed by its members. Mr. Root created Woodman of the World to be an organization that helps its fellow man. They provided life insurance, burials and gravestones for all of its members. The first death claim paid was that of Willie O. Warner, who drowned June 14, 1891, in Niles, Michigan. The organization is still in existence today, known as Woodmen Life. Many graves in Dido Cemetery have Woodmen of the World gravestones.