Hebrew Cemetery

Over the gate is written "In Memoriam 1861 - Rose Ritchell - 1919"

Photos with translation of Hebrew inscription at Iowa Gravestone Photo Project

History of the Jewish population in Centerville

Starting in Northwest corner of cemetery
Row Surname First Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1 Voxman M   31 Dec 1915  
  Gavronsky Bertha H 1891 1976  
  Gavronsky James 1884 1938  
  Furstenberg Mollie   25 Feb 1959  
  Furstenberg Simon   01 Feb 1928 Father
  Chapman A   08 Dec 1917 at Centerville, Iowa
  Chapman Goldie 20 Oct 1853 11 Apr 1916 Our Mother
  Herschberg Morris 08 May 1859 05 Oct 1912  
  Herschberg Clara 26 Mar 1871 09 Nov 1922  
  Herschberg Minnie M 01 Feb 1897 15 Jun 1919  
  Bromberg P 1859 1913 'Mother'
Row 2 Ruben Drew Leslie 25 Dec 1950 25 Mar 1951  
  Ruben Dorothy 15 Jan 1909 31 Jan 1947 Daughter & Sister
      01 Sept 1888 02 Sept 1908  
  Ruben Bessie 15 Sept 1883 24 Sept 1935 Beloved Mother & Wife
  Gechman   06 Jun 1895 21 Apr 1918  
  Long Pearl   31 Jan 1913 'Our Mother'
          Unreadable stone
  Goldstein Rachel 1887 1960  
  Goldstein Joseph 1886 1939  
  Ritchel Max Father 03 Mar 1854 25 Dec 1922  
  Ritchel Rose Mother 01 Jan 1861 16 Feb 1919  
  Rosenbaum Harry 23 Nov 1898 27 Jan 1913  
  Rosenbaum Rebecca 27 Aug 1879 12 Nov 1959  
  Rosenbaum Sol 05 Nov 1870 19 Nov 1946  
  Rosenbaum Ruth 18 Jan 1904 23 Dec 1949  
  Rosenbaum Lewis 09 Sept 1897 03 Jan 1961  
  Ritchell John Lewis 25 Aug 1893 31 Oct 1963 Regtl. CLR Sgt. Engineers WW I
  Ritchell Sarah L 18 Jan 1892 23 Feb 1970  
Row 3         Unreadable stone
  Cohn Barney 03 May 1899    

Source:   Appanoose County Cemetery Listings,  Appanoose County Genealogy Society,  Centerville,  Iowa,  Published mid 1980's

Transcribed by Alice & Wayne Daniels   (July 2003)