Muscatine County Iowa
Cemetery Records

HEBREW CEMETERY
annexed to
Greenwood Cemetery
1814 Lucas Street
Muscatine County, Iowa

Directions to Greenwood Cemetery from the north end of Muscatine at the intersection of Highways 38 and 61; go south on Bypass 61 to Lucas Street. Turn left onto Lucas Street. Go straight, through a 4-way stop and stay right at a fork in the road at the gas station. Just keep going and you will see it on the right hand side of the street.

This cemetery database was submitted December 29, 2002 by Eleanor B. McCleary, with permission from Greenwood Cemetery.

The Hebrew Cemetery Plat was filed for record in July 1894 at the Muscatine County Recorder’s Office. It was surveyed by J.J. Ryan Engineer.

Description: - Commencing at the NW cor. of Out Lot 13 of the Sub-Division of Sections 2 & 3 Township 76 - Range 2 West; Thence S. 79 1/2 East along North Line of said Lot 13 - 5 70/100 chs. Thence South 31/100 chs.; thence N. 791/2 degrees W. 5 70/100 chs. Thence North 1 31 / 100 chs. to the place of beginning.

This was once a private cemetery, later annexed to Greenwood Cemetery. It is now called the Hebrew or Jewish Addition and is managed by the City of Muscatine.

Lot Last Name First Name Burial Date Notes Lot Owner
5 Block D.H. 29 Jan 1894 Age 55  
5 Block Ida 7 Jul 1945 Age 75 David Block
6 Block Mable 22 Oct 1931 Age 40 Mayer Block
  Block M. 12 Sep 1900  
6 Block Norman 20 Jun 1919 Age 1  
6 Block Samuel Lee 25 Jan 1962 d. 23 Jan 1962 Meyer Block
5 Block Yetta H. 5 Feb 1918 Age 81  
7 Cohn Eliza 24 Apr 1927 Age 70 Samuel Cohn
12 Cohn Emma 27 Feb 1917 Age 63 Lewis Cohn
7 Cohn Hanna R. 8 Jul 1926 Age 45 Samuel Cohn
12 Cohn Louis 22 Sep 1909 Age 64 Louis cohn
7 Cohn Samuel 16 Jun 1910 Age 71 Samuel Cohn
  Cohn Simon 8 Feb 1891 Age 71  
7 Cohn Walter S. 25 Nov 1945 Age 71 Samuel Cohn
12 Fox Charles E. 25 Jun 1934 Age 56 Louis Cohn
12 Fox Stella 9 Nov 1938 Age 56 Louis Cohn
  Glass Infant 15 Nov 1923 Infant of Abraham Glass  
2 Guzenneimer H. (Mrs.) 30 Nov 1904 Age 84  
11 Hoffman Abraham Solomon 24 May 1899 Age 81 Abraham S. Hoffman
11 Hoffman Alvin Stanley 12 Dec 1909 Age 12 Abraham S. Hoffman
13 Hoffman Block Jennie 11 Sep 1928 Age 64 W.C. & F. Sharp
13 Hoffman Isaac 29 Apr 1928 Age 68 W.C. & F. Sharp
11 Hoffman Julia Block 8 Apr 1963 Age 94 - d. in West Chester, NY  
11 Hoffman Rachael 22 Aug 1903 Age 83 Abraham S. Hoffman
11 Hoffman William H. 29 Aug 1916 Age 51 Abraham S. Hoffman
10 Jackson Harris 21 May 1897 Age 5 Jacob Jackson
10 Jackson J.G. 21 Dec 1899 Age 53 Jacob Jackson
  Orgett M. H. D. 18 Jun 1893 Age 11  
  Prlanke Sarah 10 Feb 1895  
2 Rapp Abraham 22 Feb 1909 Age 79  
2 Rapp Bertha 23 Jul 1913 Age 85  
  Rapp Charles 31 Jan 1893 Age 63  
3 Rapp Jennie A. 10 Oct 1940 Age 79 - d. Los Angeles, CA Abraham Rapp
5 Rosenbaum Frances 31 Aug 1965 Age 98 - d. 29 Aug 1965  
11 Schmier Infant 1 Mar 1907  
2 Sharp Dorothy 22 Apr 1916 Infant  
21 Skolmick Sara 6 Feb 1893 Infant  

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