Cemetery Data

Cemetery Information – – – Headstone Data – – – Headstone Photos

Headstone data from cemetery photos and comments.
Photos when available; select to display larger image.

Our ancestors belonged to burial and social societies that were based on where their ancestors lived in Europe. Often a family belonged if one spouse was from the region.  And it was not unusual for a family to belong to multiple societies. Below is the Retchitzer and Province Aid Society (1927) information; Ben & Lea Miller were founders and their names are located on the Cemetery Gate #57 portal (right side list).  Included on the Society’s information page officer’s is Sarah Laskin, who signed Ben Miller’s Naturalization Petition as a witness.

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retchitzer-aid-societyBelow are excerpts, about these societies from a book, Bridges to An American City (Chicago); our relatives were members and often officers in these social and burial societies. They usually were buried in the cemeteries sponsored or owned by the societies.

 

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The Riga-Baltic Benefit Society (1930)

 Many of our relatives are buried in the Waldheim Cemetery which is composed of many small cemeteries that have been combined under Waldheim.  Many of the these ‘Waldheim’ cemetery burial societies are administered by other burial agencies (Sexton’s).

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Select to view larger Waldheim Cemetery map which has the cemetery gate numbers listed.waldheim-cemeteries-listing-a

 

Select the above image to view the entire list of Waldheim cemetery gates and note that the gates are indicated on the Waldheim Cemetery map (above). 

 

Name and information
Headstone Photo
BERESIN Sophie & Benjamin Beresin
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, IL Gate: 54
Lot: 1564
Row: 64
Grave: 5 & 6 
Sophie died or was interred on June 3, 1956 at the age of 78.
Benjamin died or was interred on April 8, 1951 at the age of 77.Beresin_Sophia1956_Ben1951
BERMAN Frieda
October 14, 1911 – September 30, 1998
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILBerman_Frieda1996BERMAN Morris
Nov 16, 1954
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILBerman_Morris 1954
BERMAN Tillie
May 13, 1959
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILBerman_Tillie1959
BRODSKY Anna
Dec 7, 1985 age 91BRODSKY_Anna1985
BRODSKY Morris H.
Oct 13, 1966 Age 73Brodsky_Morris1966
CHARGO, Tillie
1862 – Sept 19, 1953
West Side Hebrew Cemetery
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota,
CHARGO, Sam ‘Israel’
Nov 5, 1865 – June 6, 1940
West Side Hebrew Cemetery
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota,
Garfinkel, Mollie (AKA Matilda)
Date of Death: 6/24/1915
Date of Burial:  6/27/1915
Har Nebo Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. Grave 2, Lot 2230

“Here lies our dear mother, an important woman, Mrs. Malkah Bas/(daughter of) Reb Nahum, who died on the 12th day of the Hebrew month of Tamuz (followed by the year). May her sould be bound up in the bonds of eternal life.” Bas = daughter of Reb = an honorific title preceding the name of her father.

 

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 Garfinkel, Elijah (AKA Eli, Ely, and Henry)
Date of death:  9/21/1911
Date of Burial:  9/25/1911
Har Nebo Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.  Grave 1, Lot 2229

Here lies My dear husband Yechiel Avraham son of Yakov Shimon died 27 Elul 5670
“May his soul be be bound up in the bond of everlasting life”

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Goodman  Louis
May 11, 1945 age 74
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILGoodman_Louis1945_Eva1954
GOODMAN Aaron
June 8, 1932
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILGoodman_Aaron1932
Goodman Eva
May 27, 1954 age 82
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILGoodman_Louis1945_Eva1954
Goodman Sol
Dec 5, 1934 age 23
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILGoodman_Sol1934
Goodman Tamar
Sept 11, 1939 age 75
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILGoodman_Tamar1939
HERZOG Abraham
1893  – Aug 16, 1953
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILHerzog_Abraham1953
HERZOG Fannie
1900 – Nov 15, 1969
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILHerzog_Fannie1969
HYMAN Mae M.
May 5, 1904 – Sept 7, 1961
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILHyman_Mae1961_Maurice1977
HYMAN Maurice L.
April 7, 1901 – December 14, 1977
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILHyman_Mae1961_Maurice1977
Chani KAPLAN
Harry SHANKMAN’s Aunt. (Chani and Ida Bessie were sisters).
Died October 9, 1929 Age 73
Cemetery: Burial location: Buried Silverman & Weiss Cemetery BMA Lot 204, grave 6.
GATE #41. BMA: B’nai Mosche Alexandrovsky.
Here lies Chana daughter of Yakov died 2 Cheshvan 5687
May her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life
imagestone- Chani Kaplan 1926
KAPLAN Dora
1881 – 1941
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILKaplan_Dora1941_Isaaac1940
KAPLAN Isaac
1873 – 1940
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILKaplan_Dora1941_Isaaac1940
KARPMAN Abraham
Apr 20, 1957 age 73KARPMAN Hyman
Dec 31, 1927 – Aug 21 1998
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILKarpman_Hyman1998
Karpman Jack
Mar 29, 1949 Age 38
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILKarpman_Jack1949
Karpman Molly
Dec 15, 1956
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILKarpman_Molly1956_Abraham1957
KRAVETS Fannie
April 22, 1964
MILLARD Dora
Jan 31, 1954
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMillard_Morris1967_Dora1954
MILLARD Morris
Dec 9, 1967
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMillard_Morris1967_Dora1954
MILLER Abraham
Aug 14, 1941 age 79
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMiller_Abraham1941
MILLER Benjamin
April 15, 1885 – December 16, 1978
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMiller_Benjamin1978
MILLER Bernard
September 21, 1921 – December 13, 1953
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMiller_Bernard1953
MILLER Lena
August 20, 1888 – June 19, 1968
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMiller_Lena1968
MILLER Miriam
Nov 25, 1935 age 76
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMiller_Miriam1935
MILLER Vera
June 17, 1922 – November 27, 2002
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILMiller_Vera2002
MITNICK Solomon & Nellie nee GOLDENBERG
SHANKMAN Harry
May 5, 1883 – Oct 19, 1949
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILShankman_Harry1949

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Harry Shankman military headstone application.

SHANKMAN nee Golden, Rosabel
June 5, 1900 – April 1, 1926
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILstone_Shankman_Rosabel1926

SKOLNICK Bessie
May 12, 1929 age 56
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILSkolnick_Bessie1929

Here Lies
Chaya Pessel, daughter of Leyzer Ze’ev
Died the 2nd of Iyaar, 5689. May her soul be bound up for life eternal

SKOLNICK Rhona (1922 – 2016) and Phil (1915 – 2004)
Beth Israel Memorial Garden, Houston, TX

SPIVACK Hyman
Aug 29, 1908 – Oct 13, 1969
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILSpivack_Hyman1969
TUROW Clara
Mar 12, 1974
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILTurow_Louis1973_Clara1974
TUROW Louis
Aug 22, 1973
Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, ILTurow_Louis1973_Clara1974
YALE Millicent