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The stone fragment in the middle  – Here lies the virgin Yente/Jente daughter of Yehusua Reuven of blessed memory Brener, was cut at the prime of her life…….
The stone fragm...
The stone fragment in the middle – Here lies our beloved honest mother, a righteous
modest woman, Mrs. Chaya [Haya] Feige daughter of Reb Menachem May his light
shine, died 11 Kislev [the remainder is missing]  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The stone fragm...
Gravestones
Gravestones...
The second stone fragment from the right – Here lies a man upright and honest who worshiped God with trust, our teacher and rabbi Yitzchak [Icchok]
May he rest in peace, son of Reb Yehudah……
 
The stone fragment underneath it is from a double stone -  The lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ......
 
The stone fragment on the left – My mother my teacher the modest and honest.
Here lies Mrs. Bashe daughter of Reb Yisrael [Israel] Pinchas wife of R’ Yosef [Joseph]
Yakov [Jacob] of blessed memory…..

The stone fragment underneath it – Here lies our father our teacher, an honest man who feared God, the elderly…..
The second ston...
The stone fragment on the right  – Here will rest our beloved father and teacher,
feared God , was strong in his deeds, honest and modest in his ways,
Avraham Abraham Rawic son of Dawid [David] of blessed memory, departed to the
sighs of his sons and his wife at the age of 44 on the 15th day of Av 5672 [29 July 1912]  by the abbreviated era May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.

 The stone fragment on the left -…for here lies our beloved father, a respected and honest man, R’ Moshe son of R’ Yitzchak [Icchok] died with a good reputation on ? Adar, the outcry of Moshe the Lord’s servant weekly Torah reading,
in the year 5626 [February/March 1866]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
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The stone fragment on the right side is for a man – died on 5 Sivan the
eve of Shavuot 5666  [29 May 1906]
by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  

The stone fragment on the left side is for a woman – Sheine..
[daughter of] Yitzchak [Icchok] wife of ? Epelbaum [Epelboym]
died on Tuesday 2 to the month of Shevat in the year 5660 [2 January 1900]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The stone fragm...
The second stone fragment from the right  – Here lies a respected and honest man, an exalted man who followed the righteous ways and his name was known and loved, the prominent rabbi …..Yosef [Josif] son of Reb ? of blessed memory died ?.....

The stone fragment on the left side - ….Sara [Sure, Sarah] Miril passed away, daughter of Reb Yehudah Leib Chamszyc died on 4 Kislev in the year
5662 by the abbreviated era [15 November 1901]
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The second ston...
The stone fragment on the right side is for a man -  …Eliyahu son of ? died  10 Sivan 5657 [10 June 1897] …… 

The stone on the left side – Our beloved honest father.  Here lies a man upright and God-fearing who enjoyed the labor of his hands all of his days and set time to the Torah and to prayer all the years of his life, our teacher Moshe son of Aharon Cywiling...  
 Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The stone fragm...
TOP ROW - RIGHT TO LEFT -  
1. …..shared her bread with the needy and helped the orphans our modest mother Mrs. Rieza daughter of …..
2.  …..son of Reb Mei[r] Tafali [Tapali] died on….


MIDDLE ROW - RIGHT TO LEFT -
1.  Here lies our virgin daughter Tzvia daughter of Shalom Garnitz, was plucked at the prime of her life,12 Tamuz 5676 [13 July 1916]....  
2.   ….died at an old age with a good reputation ….a pure soul, a beloved woman, this stone is witness to the memory of our honest mother Sara Leah daughter of R’ Chaim Chaisil of blessed memory….
3.   A stone fragment for a woman.


BOTTOM ROW RIGHT TO LEFT -
1. …..Morde[chai]….. son of Reb Yon? …..died with a good reputation… and buried on the ? day of the month of Tamuz 5654 [July/Aug. 1894]……. 
2. A stone fragment for a woman.
3. A double stone - Here lies buried two men, friends and colleagues, who lived together with love, in their lives and in their death they were not divided.
On the left -  A respected God-fearing man, upright and honest, Avraham
[Abraham] son of R’ Dawid [David] of blessed memory….
On the right -  A respected God-fearing man, upright and honest, Fishel son of R’ Moshe  
of blessed memory….
TOP ROW - RIGHT...
The stone on the right side – A woman, respected, modest, 
God-fearing and beloved Mrs. Hana [Chana]
daughter of Reb Yakov [Jacov] wife of Reb Moshe [Moses] of blessed
memory Sobolski  died with a good reputation on the 28th day of  the moth of
Kislev in the year 5668 [4 December 1907]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  

The stone fragment on the left side is for a man -  ….died on Friday
on the eve of the Holy Sabbath 18 to the month of Tevet in the year
5653  [6 January 1893] by the abbreviated era
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The stone on th...
Grave of Zelski Zaleski?
Grave of Zelski...
Our beloved and honest mother. Here lies an upright, important and kindhearted woman, Mrs. Leah daughter of Reb Yosef [Josif] wife or Reb Mordechai Yakov [Jacob] Szochotowitz.....   Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Our beloved and...
The stone on the right side – Here lies a modest old woman Ms.
Feige/Foige daughter of Reb Yitzchak [Icchok] of blessed memory died
15 to the month of Iyar 5657 [17 May 1897]
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
 

The stone on the left side – An important and modest woman….
Here lies Ite [Ete] daughter of Reb Shlomo of blessed memory
died on Purim 5666  [14 First Adar – Sunday 11 March 1906]  
by the abbreviated era
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The stone on th...
Memorial in winter scenery
Memorial in win...
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