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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 4/1/2026 4:34 PM
Family Surname: Fuchs
Country: USA
Date of Image: March 2026

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Would appreciate translation of this headstone for my 3rd great uncle Abraham Fuchs (sometimes written as Fox). This photo was recently taken at Mount Carmel (Mount Nebo) Cemetery in Queens, New York. He died Nov 28, 1908, born around 1855 likely in the Rzeszów, Podkarpackie, Poland region.

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4/4/2026 9:10 PM

Here lies
An honest and upright man, perfect in his actions
In his many years he walked a good path
Many are awed at the greatness of the loss
Woe is heard regarding him
From the core of our hearts we were suddenly seized
When the crown on our heads was taken
Abraham Fuchs son of the late Shimon of blessed memory
Died on the holy sabbath 4 days
In the month of Kislev (5)669
May his soul be bound in the bonds of eternal life

Father (in Yiddish) at foot

Sorry for my first two failed attempts.

4/5/2026 2:50 AM

To the detailed translation given by the first helper, I would only add the following:

The first five lines of the six-line poem of praise (which, by the way, rhymes), are an acrostic. The first letters of each line, read vertically, spell out the name "Avraham".

His father's name, Shimon, is Hebrew for Simon.

His date of death, the Holy Sabbath, the 4th day of the month of Kislev in the year 5669 corresponds to November 27/28, 1908.

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Submitted by Alan Moskowitz

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