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WEST
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JEWISH CEMETERIES IN WEST VIRGINIA:
Beth Jacob Cemetery
On the west side
of Rt. 45/6 (Cemetery Road) at the south end of Rosedale
Cemetery.
Also known as Bash Yankev Cemetery,
Jewish Cemetery
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West
Virginia, USA
Find a Grave:
here!
Memorials
by FAG
First know burial by
FAG:
Ester Wolf, Birth: 12 Jun 1915, Death: 23 Aug 1918
(aged 3). Burial: Beth Jacob Cemetery, Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, West Virginia, USA
Historical Marker Photo:
here!.
Burials continued after 1963.
Last burial found in time of update:
Jane Winifred “Winnie” Meldrim Apfeldorf,, Birth: 10 Oct
1924, Georgia, USA. Death: 16 Apr 2012 (aged
87), Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA. Burial:
Beth Jacob Cemetery, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West
Virginia, USA
Cemetery established: 1916
Beth Jacob Synagogue - Closed 2009
Martinsburg, WV 25427
Active years: 1913 - 2009
Ref:
here!
Last updated: January 20, 2022
Please update us!
Bnai Jacob Jewish Cemetery
1240 Oakmont Rd,
Charleston,
WV 25314,
United States
Memorials by Find a Grave:
here!
Chevra Kaddisha burial lot (Orthodox burial)
First burial according to History page of BJ:
Mrs. Zlottie Slotnick,
1893
Synagogue Established: 1894 / 1897
First documented burial in FAG in time of
update:
Mrs Esther Blasel, Birth: unknown. Death: 3 Oct 1900. Burial: B'nai
Jacob Cemetery, South Hills, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA. See
Headstone in Hebrew
Contact: Congregation Bnai
Jacob (Traditional)
1599 Virginia St East,
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: (304) 346-4722
Website:
http://www.bnaijacob.com/
Last updated: January 20, 2022
Please update us!
Jewish Burials Williamson, WV:
Find a Grave Memorial:
Sadie Stevens Snavely, Birth: 23 Feb 1906, Williamson,
Mingo County, West Virginia, USA, 18 Jun 1949
(aged 43), Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA,
Burial: Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: Sadie Stevens
Snavely attached was taken to the Allen Funeral Home where
funeral arrangements were incomplete.Sadie Iveral Stevens
Snavely 2-23-06 to 2-19-49 Beth Jacob Section 19:54.Ferguson,
Denise L (State of West Virginia)
B'nai Israel Temple of
Williamson, WV Closed: 2009
Read:
here!
Last updated: January 20, 2022
Please update us!
Jewish Memorial Park
Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Find a Grave Memorials:
here!
First known burial by FAG: Infant Girl Baer, Birth: 24 Aug
1878, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA. Death: 24 Aug 1878,
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA. Burial: Jewish Memorial Park,
Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Last updated: January 20, 2022
Please update us!
Temple Beth El Jewish Cemetery of Beckley, WV
at Sunset Memorial Cemetery,
Temple Beth El Section
1915
Harper Road
(2955 Robert C Bird Dr.)
Beckley, WV 25801
Active. Records at cemetery office
Jewish Burials by Find a
Grave: Maybe
Charles J Zofer, Birth: BIRTH 1873, Death: 24 Sep
1932 (aged 58–59). Burial: Sunset Memorial Park,
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA, Plot: Locustvale
Section (Zofer = Sofher = סופר?)
Maybe James O. Whisman, Birth: 3 Apr 1933, Death: 12
Sep 1934 (aged 1). Burial: Sunset Memorial
Park, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA, Plot:
Hillview 24-1 Section.
Whisman (few ways of spelling) is a
well known Jewish surname.
Maybe
Edward Newman Simpkins, Birth: 21 Jun 1938, Beckley,
Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA. Death: 22 Jun 1938
(aged 1 day), Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia,
USA. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, Raleigh County,
West Virginia, SA, Plot: Locustvale Section
Contact:
Temple Beth El of Beckley, WV (Reform)
Beckley Hebrew
Association
208 Bellevue Ln, Beckley, WV, USA
Facebook:
here!
Contact: Tom Sopher,
here!
Synagogue Since 1935
Jewish Cemetery Section
Established:
1954.
Last updated: January 20, 2022
Please update us!
Temple Israel Cemetery (B’nai Israel
Cemetery)
"The Hebrew Addition"
1555 Farnsworth Dr.,
Charleston, WV 25311
Located within the
boundaries of Charleston’s
Spring Hill Cemetery
Memorials by
Find a Grave
Photo of
Gate and Historical Marker
First
found burial by FAG:
Mair
Boiarsky, Birth: 28 Apr 1892, Death: 15 Jun 1892 (aged 1 month). Burial: Bnai Israel Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha County,
West Virginia, USA
Old Jewish Cemetery
Old
Circle of
Spring Hill Cemetery
Oversees by Temple Israel
Cemetery Committee
Read:
here!
Contact: Temple Israel of WV
(Progressive, Reform)
2312 Kanawha Blvd E,
Charleston WV 25311
Office: 304-342-5852
Website:
https://templeisraelwv.org/
Temple Israel Informally
organized: 1856
Legally charted: 1873, as "The Hebrew Educational
Society", Reform (UAHC) from its start.
Temple Israel Cemetery
founded: 1836
Updated on:
July 7, 2010
By: Rabbi James Cohn
Last updated: January 20, 2022
Please update us!
Temple Shalom of WV (Reform)
Congregation L'Shem
Shomayim
23 Bethany Pike, Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: 304-233-4870
Website:
here!
Temple Shalom Historic Jewish Cemetery
at Mt. Wood Cemetery.
Read:
here!
/ here!
Purchased by Wheeling's Jewish Community: 1849
(The Oldest Jewish
Cemetery in WV)
Merger of several Jewish congregations
Last updated:
January 20, 2022
Please update
us!
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Sources and External Links:
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Jewish Historical and Genealogical Resources in West
Virgina
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West
Virginia Jewish Cemeteries
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They're Keeping the Faith at Temple Beth El, March 19,
2014
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