In honor of Halloween, we went to the Tacoma Cemetery, but found that it isn’t at all scary, but instead is lovely and peaceful. Some of the trees, like the Japanese Maple in the photo, are amazingly beautiful and the place is well tended. Their website says the cemetery was founded in 1874 and that many famous people from Tacoma are buried there. The cemetery is located at 4801 South Tacoma Way.

http://www.newtacoma.com/index.cfm

One of the people buried at Tacoma Cemetery is Ernest Lister, who served on the Tacoma City Council and was the 8th govenor of Washington State.  Lister Elementary School in Tacoma is named after Ernest Lister and his brother Alfred Lister.   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6882659