Fisher Farm Cemetery
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Fisher Farm Cemetery, including the B'nai Abraham Cemetery, the Hrabik Cemetery, the Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol Cemetery (also called Mt. Sinai Cemetery), and Bnai Abraham Cemetery, is located at 8600 South 42 Street in Bellevue, Nebraska
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farmer, buried his three children in the corner of his farm after an epidemic in 1883. The graves of him and his children were later joined by several Jewish congregations."Fisher Farm Cemetery." Retrieved 9/6/07.
Fisher Farms Cemetery was established by the Congregation Share Zion in 1901. In 1909 the deed was later transferred to Chevra B'nai Yisroel. In 1915 the deed was transferred again to the B'nai Abrahm Society of South Omaha. Eventually Hrabik, Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol and Bnai Abraham cemeteries would join Fisher Farm Cemetery.
The cemetery is still active, and is almost full.
is segregated by gender and age. In one row adult males were buried side by side down the row in order of death. In the next row adult females were buried in the same fashion. There were separate rows where most of the children were buried. There is no way to establish who was a husband and wife since they were buried separately.
In the new sections couples and families are usually buried together. Another interesting feature is that most of the graves have raised concrete borders and the enclosed area contains ground cover. Most of the more recent markers have Hebrew and English inscriptions, but many of the oldest ones have only Hebrew inscriptions. Some have had English inscriptions added later to the original Hebrew ones.
Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, It was the first state capitol. Bellevue was incorporated in...
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History
Willard Fisher, an early Sarpy CountySarpy County, Nebraska
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 122,595 people, 43,426 households, and 33,220 families residing in the county. The population density was 510 people per square mile . There were 44,981 housing units at an average density of 187 per square mile...
farmer, buried his three children in the corner of his farm after an epidemic in 1883. The graves of him and his children were later joined by several Jewish congregations."Fisher Farm Cemetery." Retrieved 9/6/07.
Fisher Farms Cemetery was established by the Congregation Share Zion in 1901. In 1909 the deed was later transferred to Chevra B'nai Yisroel. In 1915 the deed was transferred again to the B'nai Abrahm Society of South Omaha. Eventually Hrabik, Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol and Bnai Abraham cemeteries would join Fisher Farm Cemetery.
The cemetery is still active, and is almost full.
Layout
The older section of the cemeteryCemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
is segregated by gender and age. In one row adult males were buried side by side down the row in order of death. In the next row adult females were buried in the same fashion. There were separate rows where most of the children were buried. There is no way to establish who was a husband and wife since they were buried separately.
In the new sections couples and families are usually buried together. Another interesting feature is that most of the graves have raised concrete borders and the enclosed area contains ground cover. Most of the more recent markers have Hebrew and English inscriptions, but many of the oldest ones have only Hebrew inscriptions. Some have had English inscriptions added later to the original Hebrew ones.