Vilkija, Lithuania Jewish Cemetery

Copyright 1997, Michael Tobin

If you can translate more of the stones, please let me know at mrt5@cornell.edu.

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Vilkija, Lithuania July 1997

Sign entering Vilkija

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Zydu Kapines, sign showing entrance to Jewish cemetery, opposite Christian cemetery
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Rosenbloom
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Shtielman (illegible in photo)
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Girl / Virgin Malka / daughter of (?) Yitzhak Arye / [di]ed on 1 Adar 567x (191x) / ? /
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H[ere is] b[uried] / Our dear father / Rabbi Meir Yitzhak / S[on of] Rabbi Tzvi Atzik (?), di[ed] on 30 Adar 56??. M[ay his] s[oul be] b[ound up] i[nthe bond of everlasting] l[ife]
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H[ere is] b[uried] / The crown of our head / Our dear and chaste mother/Generous, warm and righteous wife / Mrs. Feige Gitel [May] s[he rest in]p[eace] / Karnovsky / D[aughter of] r[abbi] Zeev Wolf/ ? / di[ed] on 30Tebet 5670 (12/16/1909) M[ay her] s[oul be] b[ound up] i[n the bond ofeverlasting] l[ife]
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View of the Cemetery.
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Zion to the dear soul / My eldest sister / Pessa or Bebe Chana / Vilenchik / D[aughter of] r[abbi] Moshe / Broinshtein / Childless Woman / Died on 25 Heshvan 5679 (9/31/1918)
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? ? / On our dear father / Who died in his prime / R[abbi] Tzvi Zeev s[on] of r[abbi] Gershon / Viner (Weiner)
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H[ere is] b[uried] / Our dear father / Man of ? / R[abbi] Avraham Yosef(?) / S[on] of r[abbi] / Dov Tzvi / Yodelevich / Died on ?
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H[ere is] b[uried] / My dear mother / ? and chaste / Mrs. Sheina Sara / Burstein / D[aughter of] r[abbi] Yehuda Halevi (?) / Which died on 25 Shebat 5680 (10/18/1919)
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H[ere is] b[uried] / Our dear and important mother / Mrs. Ester Etel / Helman (Olomon) / D[aughter of] r[abbi] Yakov / Shapiro [of ]b[lessed] m[memory] / 14 Tebet 5692 (12/24/1931)
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.../ The crown of our head / Ya’akov s[on] of r[abbi] David HaCohen / Garber / Di[ed] on 10 Iyar 5672 (4/22/1912)
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H[ere is] b[uried] / My father [and] teacher / [Our] t[eacher] r[abbi] Daniel / S[on of] r[abbi] Yichya (?) Michl Halevi / Burshtein / Di[ed] on the eve of h[oly] sh[abbat] / 19 Tammuz 5678 (6/29/1918)

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