WAUSAU: Marathon County
Mt. Sinai Congregation. 910 West Randolph Street, Wausau, Wisconsin 54401-2682, D. Daniel Danson, Rabbi; (715) 675-2560
- Wausau Hebrew Cemetery: 1600 Grand Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin 54401. Contact: Philip R. Albert, M.D., President of Wausau Hebrew Cemetery Association, 708 Eleventh Street, Wausau, Wisconsin 54401. Located in Marathon County, the cemetery is associated with Mt. Sinai Congregation, 622 4th Street, Wausau, WI, (715-845-7461.) This listing results from a survey taken in 1977 by members of the Marathon County Genealogical Society, who copied the inscriptions from cemetery markers. Possibly, people are buried there, who are unlisted, since not all markers to indicate names and dates of birth and death. The survey indicates that the cemetery is in very good condition and includes a mausoleum. The cemetery is still active. Therefore, the information needs to be updated for 1977-1997. According to the American Jewish Yearbook 1907-08, there were Jews in Wausau after the Civil War. In 1901, the Hebrew Cemetery Association incorporated. Jews in Northern and Central Wisconsin used the cemetery. A plat of the cemetery may be found in Cemeteries in Marathon County by the Marathon County Genealogical Society (Marathon County Plat Book 7, page 26). On 20 Aug 1923, Sol Heinemann, Michael Levin, and B. Silberstein were associated with the cemetery. Cemeteries in Marathon County, page 51 refers to the cemetery as a sub-division of lots One and Two, block 26, on 24 Dec 1929. The earliest burial appears to be 1902. Source: Penny Deshur: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.