EXECUTOR OF AN ESTATE
EXECUTOR OF AN ESTATE If you are an executor/executrix you may wish to seek the help of professionals like lawyers and accountants. However, as the executor, you will be the…
RCAF Timmerman first saw action with the RAF during World War II
Nelles Woods Timmerman was born in Kingston, Ontario in 1913 and was educated there. He studied mining engineering at Queen’s University in the 1930s, ran out of money for the…
Madge Hamilton MacBeth was a pioneer
Madge Macbeth (nee Madge Hamilton Lyons) was a Canadian pioneer in the literary field defending women’s rights and tackling pertinent political and social issues. She was a prolific writer authoring…
Beechwood Mausoleum had an auspicious start
After years of consideration, hesitation, and due diligence, vice president Charles Thorburn had shoveled the first sod for a community mausoleum. Looking on had been cemetery representatives along with the…
Ottawa artists buried at Beechwood
The artist has been a part of the Bytown/Ottawa community since settlement began near the locks that join the Rideau Canal to the Ottawa River. The canal’s construction (from 1826…
Poets Hill
Overlooking the Parliament of Canada, Poet’s Hill stands tall above the city that has changed so much since Beechwood first opened its doors in 1873. The meandering path climbing alongside…
A Merry Little Christmas
Soloist Chelsea Honeyman signing Merry Little Christmas in our century Beechwood Mausoleum.
Planning Ahead
Whatever your wishes, Beechwood has everything in one beautiful location: visitation, informal gathering, life celebration, memorial service, funeral, catered reception, cremation, burial, monuments and many other memorialization choices. You can…
The Hall of Colours
The Hall of Colours, created in 2007, is a dignified and honourable resting place for unit Colours which are to be laid-up. The retired Colours (flags) of Canada’s army, naval…
CANADA’S TRIBUTE, THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919
The painting by Emily Mary Bibbens Warren, titled: “ Canada’s Tribute, The Great War 1914–1919 or Placing the Canadian Colours on Wolfe’s Monument in Westminster Abbey” represents a Chaplain laying…