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Cemetery Information

Cemetery Identification
Cemetery ID:	USA-02981
Cemetery Name:	Waldheim Cemetery
Section:	Portuguese Israelite (Sephardic)
Cemetery Location
Country:	USA
State:	Illinois
City:	Forest Park
Street:	1303 S. Des Plaines Avenue
Cemetery Details
Number of Burials:	418
Number of Photographs:	418
Cemetery Description:	Waldheim Cemetery, Portuguese Israelite (Sephardic) Section, Forest Park, IL, USA. 418 burials total. Portuguese does not mean from Portugal but rather general Sephardic. Ladino inscription translations courtesy of Mathilda Tagger and Avram Eshel. Farsi inscription translations courtesy of anonymous friend in Teheran, Iran. Cemetery gate Overview of cemetery Cemetery sign
Data last updated:	06/06/2010

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