Zion Congregation Cemetery: {10582}. Located 3/4
miles northeast of Appleton in Outgamie County. Source Penny
Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
ASHLAND:
B'nai Israel Cemetery: {10232} Managed by Toni
Boutwell in Iron River, Wisconsin, the fifteen graves date from
before 1900 but are totally unreadable. They probably could be
studied by researching burial permits through the town. Any
records of Ashland synagogue would be in Duluth. The cemetery was
owned by Congregation B'nai Israel, according to the American
Jewish Yearbook, 1907-08 . The first burial was in 1897.
Tree Climbers Volume 2, #1, page 9 has a list of the
burials. Names were submitted by both Carol Lieberman and Penny
Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
BELOIT:
Eastlawn Cemetery , Jewish section: Eastlawn is west
of Interstate 90 and south of Wisconsin Highway 43. Turn in at
the monument store. The Jewish section is on southern perimeter
between Sections 8 and 11 with approximately 100 graves. The
oldest stone dates from about 1955. Laurence Rohter Rohter@Crock.HQ.IITRI.com
visited in June 1996. Source: Laurence Rohter P.E., 311 Addison
Road, Riverside,IL 60546; 708-442-6163 (h); 312-567-4707 (w)
BROOKFIELD: see Milwaukee
CUDAHY:
Agudas Achim Cemetery: {10564} (175 names). 3690
College Avenue; Cudahy WI 53110; 414-762-2480. Agudas Achim is
operated by the Orthodox synagogue, Congregation Agudas Achim,
5820 West Burleigh, Milwaukee, WI 53210 (414-442-2296). The
cemetery association was organized in 1919 with the first
interment occurring in 1923. Presently about 700 are buried.
Source: Penny Deshur; e-mail: pdeshur@wi.rr.com . Town
population: 5000-25,000 with current Jewish population: 0-100.
Local funeral home and monument maker: Goodman Benson Funeral
Home 4750 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53211. The
City/County of Milwaukee, WI. The caretaker has a key. The
cemetery is in active use by Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform.
The cemetery location on flat suburban land is reached by turning
directly off a public road. Access is open to all. A continuous
fence surrounds the cemetery. 100-500 gravestones are in
cemetery. The tombstones and memorial markers are flat shaped
stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, flat stones with
carved relief decoration, and double tombstones. Inscriptions on
tombstones are in English and Hebrew.
Properties adjacent to the cemetery are residential. The
cemetery is visited frequently by private visitors. Past
maintenance includes cleaning of stones and clearing of
vegetation. Current care is paid perpetual care. The survey was
completed August 7, 1997 after observation of the cemetery by
Louis A. Fine, 1401 W. Holly St. #105, Bellingham WA98225-2951
Vox: 360.734.1401, Fax: Call before you send. email: loufine@attbi.com
EAU CLAIRE:
Cemetery: Jewish population in 1919 was 183. Source: Alan
Hirschfeld submission using Directory of Jewish Local
Organizations in the United States pp. 330-583. American
Jewish Yearbook 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920 ;
Volume 21 edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish
Committee.
GREEN BAY:
Cnesses Israel Cemetery (Part of Fort Howard
Cemetery): {10572} The first burial was in 1884. Jewish
population in 1919 was 300. Source: Alan Hirschfeld submission
using Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United
States pp. 330-583. From American Jewish Yearbook 5680 September
25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; Volume 21, edited by Harry
Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. Owned by Cnesses
Israel Synagogue, 222 South Baird Street, Green Bay, WI, 54301,
(414-437-4841). The synagogue was founded in 1898. Their
historian, Marion Miller, is in charge of the archives.
Fort Howard Cemetery: located on Duck Creek Road, 3
miles from town. Cnesses Israel Cemetery consists of 3 parts:#1
in Block 1, #2 (most heavily used portion), and #3 in Block 1 and
2. Source: Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com .
HURLEY: see Ironwood, Michigan
KENOSHA County:
B'nai Zedek Orthodox Cemetery: 22280 {10571}
Jewish Community Cemetery :
KOHLER: see SHEBOYGAN
LACROSSE:
Anshe Chesed Cemetery: {10569} 8-5 South Losey
Boulevard, Ansche Chesed Cemetery Association and Congregation
Sons of Abraham, 1857; Sources: Postal & Koppman, Jewish
Tourist's Guide to U.S. Phila., PA: Jewish Publication
Society, 1954, p.647. Names from Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com UPDATE: LaCrosse Library at http://lplcat.lacrosse.lib.wi.us/genealogy/ has burial listings. [January 2003]
MADISON:
BOOK: Swarsensky, Manfred, 1906-1981. Title: Papers, 1937-1983.
Description: 2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives
box) and 5 tape recordings. Notes: Papers, primarily composed of
addresses, sermons, and reference material, of a prominent
Madison, Wisconsin rabbi, Jewish spiritual leader, scholar, and
community activist. … cemetery records; … Beth El
Temple, …. Forms part of the Wisconsin Jewish Archives.
Register. Portions separated from the Lloyd Barbee collection and
from the records of the Madison Jewish Community Council;
… Location: State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, Wis. 53706. Box 1-3
MAD 3M/38/P4 1 tape recording MAD Sound/Tape 1170A 4 tape
recordings MAD Sound/Tape 1253A. Control No.: WIHVS4880-A
Forest Lawn Cemetery: {10573} Forest Hill, Forest
Home. 1 Speedway Road; phone: 608-266-4721; Three out of 41
sections in this cemetery are Jewish and cover 8 out of the 135
acres of land. A caretaker lives on the premises. Source: Penny
Deshur; e-mail: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
MARINETTE:
Forest Home Cemetery: Montefiore Section {10574} 2900
Mary Street, Marinette WI. The cemetery handled burials for most
of the surrounding towns of NE Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. Source: Yosef SA'AR, email: ysaar@shani.net and
(names) Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
MILWAUKEE: and Milwaukee County
Agudas Achim Cemetery: see Cudady
Anshai Lebowitz Cemetery: {10565} at 326 South Hawley
Road is operated by the Orthodox synagogue, Congregation Anshe
Lebowitz at 3100 North 52nd Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53216.
(414-444-1190) or (414-476-6308). Source: Alan Hirschfeld
submission using "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the
United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Yearbook 5680
September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920 ; Volume 21, edited by
Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee.
There are now about 2500 buried there. The Chevra Kadisha
of the congregation also owns 80 acres of farmland in Franklin,
southwest of Milwaukee, which was purchased but never used as a
cemetery. This parcel has shown up on maps as Gilead Lodge
Cemetery since Anshe Lebowitz purchased the land from Gilead
Lodge in 1965. Source: Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol Cemetery: {10568} (includes
Beth Jehudah section); 134 South Dana Court. The cemetery office
is at 5027 West North Avenue, Milwaukee, 53208. Beth Hamedrosh
Hagodel Cemetery is an Orthodox cemetery operated by the Beth
Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery Association, 3447 North 51st
Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI, 53216, (414-871-8760). This cemetery is
active and dates from 1921. There are about 1700 burials. Source:
Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Greenwood Cemetery: {10567} 2615 West Cleveland
Avenue, Milwaukee, 53215-2901; phone: 414-645-1390. Operated by
Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, 2419 East Kenwood Boulevard,
Milwaukee, WI, (414-964-4100). The cemetery association
originated in 1869, when Temple Emanu El was formed after its
break from B'ne Jeshurun. In 1872, the "Hebrew Cemetery
Association" formed with the purchase of ten acres in the town of
Lake. In 1873, the name was changed to "Greenwood Cemetery
Association". The first burials were the removal of bodies from
Hopkins Road Cemetery. About 2700 are interred. Source: Penny
Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
This small, 10-acre Jewish cemetery founded by my 3x
great-uncle in the 1860's. The head of the cemetery association
is Mort Newald (sp?). The caretaker, who lives on the premises,
is Joe Bruno at announcer@aol.com (Ask him for
Mort's address.) Source: Carol Adler Zsolnay at gmz262@nwu.edu or czsolnay@msn.com .
Greenwood Cemetery Association; minutes, amended by-laws,
and rules and regulations of the Association, organized Jan. 30,
1873. April 1, 1872-Jul. 19, 1965 Box No. 966; AJA . American Jewish Archives, 3101
Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel);
513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA@cn.huc.edu .
Forest Home Cemetery: A multi-denominational
cemetery, across the street from Greenwood. Joe Bruno is also the
caretaker of Forest Home. Source: Carol Adler Zsolnay at gmz262@nwu.edu or czsolnay@msn.com
Hopkins Road Cemetery: See Greenwood Cemetery
. [Also known as Schaarei Tzedek (Gates of the Righteous)
{10577}. 1615 West Chambers Street. Presently maintained by
Congregation Emanu-El B'Ne Jeshurun that also has records in its
archives. Milwaukee's first Jewish cemetery and reported to be
the oldest Milwaukee cemetery remaining on its original site, the
location address is 1612 West Hopkins Street, although the
entrance is on Chambers Street. In use from 1848 through 1888, it
was first referred to as "Jew's Cemetery" and later as "Hopkins
Street Cemetery". Early all-German records show about 360
burials. When a portion of the property was condemned in 1896 by
the City of Milwaukee to widen Chambers Street, a number of
graves were relocated, mostly to Greenwood Cemetery. In May 1981,
the cemetery was rededicated and renamed Schaarei Tzedek (Gates
of the Righteous). Records show 87 bodies are still buried there.
A monument listing the names was unveiled at the rededication.
The first burial appears to be in 1849. Source: Penny Deshur; pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Mound Zion Cemetery: [aka Waukesha West Cemetery]
{10581} 14400 West North Avenue, Brookfield, WI 53005-4500.
Phone: 262-782-3270. Formed in 1878 and cared for by Congregation
Anshe Sfard, in 1924, the independent Mound Zion Cemetery
Association assumed the operation. About 3200 burials. Some early
death certificates refer to it as the Waukesha West Cemetery.
Source: Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com . Charlotte
Hirschfeld is the helpful caretaker and contact person. According
to the Internet phone directory, the cemetery address is 14510
West North Avenue. Source: Phil Kornstein: beltsy@att.net
Schaarei Tzedek: (Gates of the Righteous).
rededicated Hopkins Road Cemetery above in May 1981. Source:
Penny Deshur; pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Second Home Cemetery: {10566} 3655 South 43rd Street,
Milwaukee, WI 53220; phone: 262-545-0394; Owned and operated by
Conservative synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel at 6880 North
Green Bay Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53209, (262-352-4370). Use dates
from 1888. According to the October 15, 1890, Milwaukee Journal,
"The Hebrew Congregation Anshe Jacob has purchased six acres of
land for a burial place, which will be known as Second Home
Cemetery." Sources: Penny Deshur; pdeshur@wi.rr.com and from
Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale
Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al
Rosenfield, Columbus OH; e-mail: arosen@ee.net
Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum: {10567} 166 South
Hawley Court, Milwaukee, WI 53214-1903; 414-476-9556. The Spring
Hill Cemetery office is located at 7161 North Port Washington
Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53217-3877, (414-352-4777). It was created
and is operated by Gilead Lodge 41 of B'nai Brith and is
nondenominational (not everyone in this cemetery is Jewish). The
site is 11 1/2 acres and presently has about 8000 interred there.
It was chartered in 1867 with the first burial two years earlier,
in 1865. Sources: (names) Penny Deshur; e-mail: pdeshur@wi.rr.com and from
Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale
Research Int., Detroit MI (1994). ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al
Rosenfield, e-mail: arosen@ee.net
Temple Menorah Ever-Rest Cemetery: {10583}. 9548 West
Beloit Road. Operated by a Conservative synagogue, Temple
Menorah, 9363 North 76th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53223-1003,
(414-355-1120). On this 3.5-acre site are about 550 burials. The
cemetery has been in use since 1912. (22351; Cemeteries of the
US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI
(1994). ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Sources: Al Rosenfield, e-mail: arosen@ee.net and Penny Deshur:
pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Waukesha West Cemetery: See Mound Zion Cemetery.
Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery: {10584} 13235 West
Capitol Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53005; 414-781-7474. This
non-sectarian cemetery {10584} has some Jewish people buried
there. Source: Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Wood National Cemetery: {10585} 5000 West National
Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53295; 414-382-5300; source: Penny Deshur:
pdeshur@wi.rr.com
OSHKOSH: {10579}
Lakeview Memorial Park Cemetery: Jewish Section
established 1952.
OUTAGAMILE County:
Zion Cemetery: 22392. Source: From Cemeteries of
the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit
MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield, e-mail: arosen@ee.net
RACINE:
Racine Jewish Memorial Cemetery: {10586} 600 Lathrop
Avenue, Racine, WI. Bounded by Lathrop on the east, Russet on the
west, Graceland on the north, and Haven on the south. The first
burial occurred in 1919 with approximately 400 burials now.
Source: Penny Deshur, pdeshur@wi.rr.com
Hebrew Cemetery: {10570} Click for information on the
town and cemetery. Just outside of Sheboygan, on theeast side of
County Trunk Y in Kohler, WI and south of Highway O. Run by the
Chevra Kadisha of Congregation Beth El, 1007 North Avenue,
Sheboygan, WI. (414-351-5055). The first burial appears to be
1902. Penny Deshur walked through the cemetery and read each
tombstone. In a few cases, the stones were written totally in
Hebrew so she was unable to determine who was buried there. In
other cases, the tombstones were too badly worn to read. Also,
several mausoleums had no names on them. Sources: Penny Deshur:
pdeshur@wi.rr.com and Dick
and Joel Alpert, e-mail: Alpert@ll.mit.edu
SLINGER:
Rosenheimer Family Cemetery: {10587} Located in
Washington County, the cemetery was established by a corporation
made up of members of the Lehman Rosenheimer family. Source:
Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
SOMMERS TOWNSHIP:
B'nai Zedek Cemetery: {10571} Located in Somers
Township in Kenosha County. Source: Penny Deshur, pdeshur@wi.rr.com
SOUTH SUPERIOR:
Jewish cemetery: {10578} Located in Douglas County; Source:
Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
SUPERIOR:
Jewish population in 1919 was 800. Source: Alan Hirschfeld using
"Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States",
pp. 330-583. American Jewish Yearbook 5680 September 25, 1919
to Sept. 12, 1920 ; Volume 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman
for the American Jewish Committee
WAUKESHA County:
Mount Zion Cemetery: 22521; Source: From
Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale
Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al
Rosenfield, e-mail: arosen@ee.net
WAUSAU:
Mt. Sinai Congregation. 910 West Randolph Street, Wausau,
Wisconsin 54401-2682, D. Daniel Danson, Rabbi; (715) 675-2560
Wausau Hebrew Cemetery: {10588} 1600 Grand Avenue,
Wausau, Wisconsin 54401. Contact: Philip R. Albert, M.D.,
President of Wausau Hebrew Cemetery Association, 708 Eleventh
Street, Wausau, Wisconsin 54401. Located in Marathon County, the
cemetery is associated with Mt. Sinai Congregation, 622 4th
Street, Wausau, WI, (715-845-7461.) This listing results from a
survey taken in 1977 by members of the Marathon County
Genealogical Society, who copied the inscriptions from cemetery
markers. Possibly, people are buried there, who are unlisted,
since not all markers to indicate names and dates of birth and
death. The survey indicates that the cemetery is in very good
condition and includes a mausoleum. The cemetery is still active.
Therefore, the information needs to be updated for 1977-1997.
According to the American Jewish Yearbook 1907-08, there were
Jews in Wausau after the Civil War. In 1901, the Hebrew Cemetery
Association incorporated. Jews in Northern and Central Wisconsin
used the cemetery. A plat of the cemetery may be found in
Cemeteries in Marathon County by the Marathon County Genealogical
Society (Marathon County Plat Book 7, page 26). On 20 Aug 1923,
Sol Heinemann, Michael Levin, and B. Silberstein were associated
with the cemetery. Cemeteries in Marathon County, page 51 refers
to the cemetery as a sub-division of lots One and Two, block 26,
on 24 Dec 1929. The earliest burial appears to be 1902. Source:
Penny Deshur: pdeshur@wi.rr.com
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