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The crown of good name 

Died 9 Tevet 5671 [9 January 1911] May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
our teacher and rabbi Yosef [Joseph] Zev son of the righteous
our teacher and rabbi Avraham [Abraham] Shemuel of blessed memory….
[the remainder is illegible] 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The crown of go...
The crown of good name 

Died 9 Tevet 5671 [9 January 1911] May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life.  
Our teacher and rabbi Yosef [Joseph] Zev son of the righteous
our teacher and rabbi Avraham [Abraham] Shemuel of blessed memory….
[the remainder is illegible] 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
The crown of go...
Died 9 Tevet 5671 [9 January 1911] May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life. 
Our teacher and rabbi Yosef [Joseph] Zev son of the righteous
our teacher and rabbi Avraham [Abraham] Shemuel of blessed memory….
[the remainder is illegible] 
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Died 9 Tevet 56...
Here lies, a tombstone…..upright… honest….wholehearted…..
and feared God……Michel…….died…..Kislev 566?.......  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies, a to...
Here lies a man upright and honest, righteous in his ways, traded with trust,
his hands didn’t abstain from giving charity, Mr. Yisrael [Israel]
son of Gershon died 19 Kislev 5661 [11 December 1900]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies a man...
The crown symbolizes the "good" name and the crown of the Torah   


Here lies
The crown symbo...
Here lies a man decent and honest who walked in the way
of integrity all of his days, a great communal worker who
was engaged in good deeds and in the community’s needs
with trust, scattered and gave to the needy, surely he is our
teacher and rabbi Effraim Tzvi [Zsi,Zwi,Cwi] son of our
teacher and rabbi Moshe [Moses] of blessed memory  
died on the holy Sabbath 12 Sivan 5681[Saturday 18 June
1921] by the abbreviated era  
 May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies a man...
Here lies – a tombstone for a modest old woman, advanced in years,
feared God and performed good deeds all the days of her life, from a good stock,
Ms. Peril daughter of Tevill Dawid [David] HaLevi died 12 to the month of Mar
Heshvan 5694 [1 November 1933] 
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies ̵...
Here lies – here resides a man decent and upright, 
his happiness turned into sadness, now he is lodging under the
shadow of the Lord, acted with honesty all of his days, 
sought justice, benefited the needy and was a good benefactor, 
found grace and  ?, from a good stock and wholesome 
people,  our teacher Shelomo Yeruham son of the late  
Yosef [Joseph] Tzvi [Zwi,Cwi] May he rest in peace died
nine days to the month of Tevet in the year 5690 [9 January 1930]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies ̵...
Here resides a man decent and upright, 
his happiness turned into sadness, now he is lodging under the
shadow of the Lord, acted with honesty all of his days, 
sought justice, benefited the needy and was a good benefactor, 
found grace and  ?, from a good stock and wholesome 
people,  our teacher Shelomo Yeruham son of the late  
Yosef [Joseph] Tzvi [Zwi,Cwi] May he rest in peace died
nine days to the month of Tevet in the year 5690 [9 January 1930]
May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life  
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here resides a ...
The crown symbolizes the "good" name and the crown of the Torah   


Here lies
The crown symbo...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the deceased Rivka [Rebecca] 

Here lies –   see the size of the crisis, a daughter of generous people
went down to her grave, the sound of our weeping, our eyes are 
crying, Woe our beloved was taken from us, Woe to the woman modest
in her ways, guided her sons in the ways of the Torah, her
hands supported the needy, Rivka daughter of Haim     
 Zev....died  ? ? 5670 [1909/1910]
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
An acrostic poe...
Here lies an important woman modest in her ways, 
 Mrs. Sprintze [Sprinza] daughter of the late Haim [Chaim] May
he rest in peace, taught her offspring to be honest,
supported the poor and the needy with generosity,
was kindhearted and honest, worried about her sons all the days of her
life, died 2? to the month of Shevat 5690 [February 1930]
May her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life     
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
Here lies an im...
An acrostic poem spelling the name of the diseased Elimelch 
  
Here lies an old man who walked in the way of integrity, his soul rose to the
heavens, acted with righteousness all the days of his life,  from a good stock
and wholesome people, his name will not be forgotten for many
generations, lived in wisdom all his days, our teacher
the rabbi Elimelch son of our teacher the rabbi Moshe [Moses]
died ? Tevet  5678 [December 1917/January 1918]…….
Translated by Sara Mages (smages@comcast.net)
An acrostic poe...