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Hensha Helen Wieder, nee Schoenbrun, 22 Adar II 679 (= Sunday, 23 March 1919)
Location of the grave: Lansing Cemetery (in Slavic Village near Cleveland, Ohio).
The gravestone inscription
[1] H(ere is) b(uried) | פ”נ |
[2] the dear and modest woman, a v(irtous) w(oman), | האשה היקרה והצנועה אשת חיל |
[3] Mrs. Hensha, m(ay peace) b(e upon her), | מרת הענטשא ע”ה |
[4] daughter of the Rabbi, Mr. Menachem Ha-Kohen Schoenbrun, m(ay his) l(ight shine). | בת הרב ר’ מנחם הכּהן שענבּרון נ’י |
[5] She who was of tender age, stretched out her hand to the poor ones. | הרכה בשנים כפה פרשה לעניים |
[6] A crown to her husband an the glory of her sad children. | עטרת בעלה ותפארת בניה האמללים |
[7] She died on 22 Adar II with a good | נפטרת כ’ב אדר שני בשם |
[8] reputation at age 33 of the days of her life | טוב בת ל’ג שנים לימי חייה. |
[9] in the year 679 for the great sorrow of her husband, MORENU (= our teacher) | שנת תרעט לדאבון בעלה מהו |
[10] Eliezer Wieder, her children and her family. | אליעזר ווידער ובניה ומשפחתה |
[11] M(ay) h(er soul) b(e bound) i(n the bundle) o(f the living). | ת’נ’צ’ב’ה’ |
Explanatory Notes
Line 2: Proverbs 12:4 אשת חיל, often translated as “woman of valor”.
Line 5: Genesis Rabba 90:3: רכה בשנים.
Proverbs 31:20: כפה פרשה לעני.
Line 6: Proverbs 12:4 עטרת בעלה.
See Proverbs 17:6 ותפארת בנים.
Line 10: lit.: “her sons”.
Biographical Notes
Hensha Helen Wieder, nee Schoenbrun 20 June 1886, died 22 Adar II 679 = Sunday 23 March 1919 after sundown!
Father: Menachem Mendel Schoenbrun, Rabbi at the Knesseth Israel Temple in Wooster (Ohio), born 29 July 1859, died 25 Shvat 703 = Sunday, 31 January 1943
Mother: Feige Newman, born 1859, died 29 Av 706 = Monday, 26 August 1946
Husband: Lous (Eliezer) Wieder, born 09 February 1884, died 05 October 1967
Sisters, Brothers and Children: see Hensha Helen Wieder
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