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Submitted by Michael H Marx

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Category: Translation - Tombstone Approval Date: 8/22/2021 1:38 PM Family Surname: Cohn Country: USA Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Date of Image: after 1950	Click the picture to enlarge	Please translate the Yiddish and/or Hebrew text.

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8/22/2021 1:42 PM	Our dear father Mordechai son of Mr Fayvush Died 28th of Cheshvan 5711 May his soul be bound up for life eternal (5-letter abbreviation on the last line) Our dear mother Richtza daughter of Mr Zeleg Died 7th of Kislev 5704 May her soul . . .
8/22/2021 2:35 PM	(The text on tombstones is rarely Yiddish; it is almost always Hebrew, with the exception that some names are Yiddish, as is the case with 3 of the names here). At the top: here lie Right side: our dear father MORDECHAI son of Reb Feivish He passed away the 25th [not the 28th] of Cheshvan 5711 May his soul be bound up in the bond of life. Left side: our dear mother RICHTZA [might be Rachtza; without vowels, it is hard to be sure] daughter of Reb Zelig She passed away 7 Kislev 5704 May her soul be bound up in the bond of life.
8/22/2021 3:36 PM	I neglected to point out that "Reb" is an honorific, and does not mean rabbi.

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