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.
History
Willard Fisher, an early
Sarpy County farmer, buried his three children on his farm after an epidemic in 1883. His grave and those of his children were later joined by several Jewish congregations.
"Fisher Farm Cemetery."
Retrieved 9/6/07.
Fisher Farm Cemetery was established by the Congregation Share Zion in 1901. In 1909, the deed was transferred to Chevra B'nai Yisroel. In 1915, the deed was transferred again to the B'nai Abrahm Society of South Omaha.
, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies – Cemetery Project. Retrieved 9/6/07.
Layout
The older section of the cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
is segregated by gender and age. In one row, adult males are buried side by side down in order of death, while in the next row, adult females are buried in a similar fashion. There are also separate rows designated for children. This arrangement makes it difficult to determine which individuals were married to each other, as spouses are buried in separate rows.
In the new section, 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.
See also
* List of cemeteries in Omaha
* History of Omaha
References
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Buildings and structures in Bellevue, Nebraska
Jewish cemeteries in Omaha, Nebraska
History of Sarpy County, Nebraska
Protected areas of Sarpy County, Nebraska
1901 establishments in Nebraska
Cemeteries established in the 1880s