WoodmenLife is a not-for-profit fraternal benefit society founded in 1890, based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members.
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Woodmen of the World Building in Nacogdoches, Texas
Image: Woodmen of the World Headstone (cropped)
Image: J.E. Anderson gravestone
A benefit society, fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, friendly society, or mutual aid society is a society, an organization or a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. Such organizations may be formally organized with charters and established customs, or may arise ad hoc to meet unique needs of a particular time and place.
Pin button issued by "The Knights and Ladies of Security" of Topeka, Kansas