Part 12 · Both sides
Resting Places
Where the family rests, with the headstone photos that volunteers have shared, each credited.
Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens
Three landsmanshaft plots here hold three of the sisters’ great-grandfathers: Isaac Bald and Kalman Wank on their father’s side, and Morris Schron on their mother’s, each with his wife or family nearby.
Mestretyn society plot
Isaac Bald (13L-16-8-179) and Tillie Bald (13L-16-33-179), with Tillie’s brother Elkunah Ochs. A “Frieda Ox” buried here in 1908 may be Tillie’s mother. No stone photos are online.
Isaac (Yitzchak Eizik, Eisig) BaldTillie (Toba Miriam, Taube) Bald, née OchsElkunah (Elkuny) Ochs
Dunajewer society plot
Kalman Wank, 14L-ROAD-79-259. Why he lies in the Dunajewer plot is not known; it may simply be where a grave was available.
Govorow (Goworowo) society plot
Morris Shron (D6L-4-1-3), Frieda Schron (D6L-4-15), and Abraham Shron two graves from Morris (D6L-4-1-6), possibly his kinsman, buried 30 Jun 1924; Abraham’s wife Sarah Breine is in the same plot.
Morris (Moische, Chaim Moshe) Shron (Schron)Frieda (Freide) Schron, née Mandel or ChenickAbraham ShronSarah Breine Shron, née Bressler
Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens
The Makowa of Poland society plot: the Maków people, together.
Makowa society plot
Benjamin (R-22-15-5) and Eva (R-22-13-10) Schron; their sons Murray (R-22-9-5) and Seymour (R-22-16-5); Eva’s mother Tauba Ryfka (R-22-4-10); Eva’s sister Freda Galin (R-22-13-16) beside her husband Isidor (R-22-13-17); Seymour Galin (R-22-2-15); and Tauba’s likely brother Hyman Rakower with his wife Ida. Szymek Szymkowicz was buried at Mt. Lebanon on 1 May 1927, his death certificate says, probably near Tauba; his grave has not yet been located.
Benjamin (Eliezer Dov) SchronEva (Chava) Schron, née Szymkowicz (Simkowitz)Murray (Chaim Moshe) SchronSeymour SchronTauba Ryfka (Toba Rivka, Tillie) Szymkowicz, née RakowerSzymek (Szymon, Shimon, Samuel) SzymkowiczFreda (Frieda) Galin, née SzymkowiczAlbert Isidore (Isidor) GalinSeymour GalinChaim Boruch (Hyman) RakowerChaja Tauba (Ida) Rakower, née Kerszenbaum
Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, New York
United Sons of Israel plot
Zisel (Sylvia) Bick: Section B, Block 2, Row P, grave 3. Her stone gives her father Isaac’s Hebrew name.
Sylvia (Zisel) Bick, née BaldRabbi Moshe Tzvi Aryeh (Moshe L.) Bick
Elsewhere in the cemetery
Sophie Shron, née Jawitz, the wife of Morris’s son Abe, died 1939 (from the death index and her memorial).
Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem
Block 17
Max (Meir Chaim) Bald: block 17, plot 2, row 10, spot 11. A contrast-enhanced copy of the memorial photo reads “Meir Chaim son of R’ Yitzchak Eizik Bald”, died 8 Shevat 5744 (12 Jan 1984), which confirms he was Isaac’s son.
Not yet found
The graves of Isidore and Bella Bald, Harry and Celia Bald, Dora (Dwojra) Wank, Harry, Celia and Sarah Fish have not been found in the Mount Zion, Mount Lebanon, New Montefiore, Montefiore, Wellwood, Beth Moses and Mount Hebron registers, the JewishGen burial registry or Find a Grave. Szymek Szymkowicz lies at Mt. Lebanon, but his grave has not been located. The family may know.
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Headstone photos: David Wieder, Find a Grave volunteer, and (Max Bald’s stone) the Find a Grave contributor N, credited under each picture with a link to the memorial.