Pochayev Cemetery Plots @ Har Jehuda Cemetery, Upper Darby, Pa.
Listed at the cemetery under the Independent Voliner Aid Society
(Later known as the “Pitchayever Wohliner Aid Society”, or the “Pochayev Voliner Aid Society”)
Updated by Lisa Brahin Weinblatt, 29 August 2009 Email: REDBALL62@aol.com
Secretary of Association’s plots: Mr. Louis Cooper
The Cemetery is at 8400 Lansdowne Ave., Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 19082 (near Philadelphia).
The Har Jehuda website has a property map online at:
http://www.harjehuda.com/har_juhuda_property_map.htm
Independent Voliner Aid Society was established in 1912 in Philadelphia, Pa. They
bought Section C from the Independent Chevra Kadisha of Philadelphia. The greatest
concentration of Pochayev Voliner Jews from the society immigrated to Philadelphia
from 1904-1911.
Burial Codes
I=Interred/buried, followed by date
O=Open grave
R=Reserved
?=Unknown at this time if owned by association—must do further research.
 A walk through was not done.
Section CN-2
Line 1 Grave #
1. Israel Cooper, I= 4/15/65 (* Lisa’s Note: Former Chairman of the Society)
2. Bella Cooper I= 12/11/83
3. RESERVED
4. Rita Cooper I=10/23/03
5. RESERVED
6. Frank Malamed-I=2007
7. RESERVED
8. Betty Fox-I=7/4/97
9. Anna Margulis- I=6/18/75
10. Samuel Margulis I=11/13/88
11. RESERVED
12. RESERVED
13. RESERVED
14. RESERVED
15. RESERVED
16. O
17. O
18. Sarah Skulsky I=6/22/44
19. Yetta Becker I=6/14/42
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20. Hanna Flaxman I=10/12/37
21. Sarah Lebofsky I=5/3/36
22. Miriam Margulis I=11/12/35
23. Bessie Lemonick I=4/13/35
24. Hanna Lebofsky I=6/16/25
25. Frieda Pothick I=7/17/23
26. Bella Flaxman I=1/30/34
27. Cannot use-large monument
28. Cannot use-large monument overextends
29. Murray Shucker I=12/14/43
30. Gerald Tiss I=7/9/40
31. Joseph Waterman I=3/24/23
Section CN-2 Line 2 grave#
1. Lazar Flaxman I=5/13/65
2. David Flaxman I=12/18/74
3. Edith Flaxman I=2002
4. Frank Flaxman I=3/4/68
5. RESERVED
6. Rebecca Lebofsky I=6/2/70
7. Izzy Lebofsky I=4/29/73
8 to 15=Cannot use-exchanged for 8 graves in Section S
16. Sylvia Moskowitz I=1984
17. Esther Flaxman I=8/23/70
18. Louis Flaxman I=11/12/62
19. Phillip Skulsky I=3/11/62
20. Benjamin Moskowitz I=2/1/60
21. Herman Flaxman I=3/4/58
22. Max Pothick I=5/15/57
23. Jacob Skulsky I=5/3/53
24. Nathan Lemonick I=9/25/51
25. Samuel Rodman I=2/19/47
26. ?
27. ?
28. Max Shucker I=6/24/37 (*Lisa’s note: His wife Gussie Hecht might be buried nearby????)
29. ?
30. ?
31. Dr. George Shucker I=1/16/72
32. Rose Shucker I=12/87
Section D-41 Line 1 Grave #
1- RESERVED
2. RESERVED
3. RESERVED
4. RESERVED
5. RESERVED
6. RESERVED
7. Ida Saltz: I=9/11/58
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Cont’d: Section D-41 Line 1 Grave #
8. Israel Saltz: I=4/27/62
9. Jacob Saltz: I=5/85
10. Esther Saltz I=8/77
11. Frances Halpern I=5/23/85
12. Mollie Sussman I=2008
13. Leon Sussman I=1/3/03
14. RESERVED
15. RESERVED
16. RESERVED
17. RESERVED
18. Joseph Saltz: I=4/67 (*Lisa’s note: uncle of the other Joseph Saltz)
19. O
20. O
21. O
22. O
23. Sadie Skulsky I=11/22/79
24. Lottie Fink: I=1963
Section D-41 Line 2 Grave #
1 to 5: RESERVED:
6. RESERVED:
7. Stephen Saltz I=2006
8: RESERVED:
9. Joseph Saltz: I=1976 (Lisa’s note: Date may be error; I= 4/21/95 if it’s Joseph B. Saltz)
10. RESERVED
11. Sarah Karmatz: I=1976
12. Nathan Karmatz: I=1966
13. Edith Nemiro: I=1986
14. Samuel Nemiro: I=1992
15 to 18: RESERVED
19 to 22: ?
23: RESERVED:
24. Sarah Banicoff: I=1954
New Section S Line 11 Grave#
8. RESERVED
9. Sam Lemonick: I=6/28/86
10. Mary Lemonick: I=7/3/67
cont’d New Section S Line 11 grave #
11. Charles Kraven: I=7/9/80
12. RESERVED
13. RESERVED
14. RESERVED
15. Rose Lemonick: I=8/1/80
16. Louis Lemonick: I=7/2/78 (*Lisa’s note: Former Vice Chairman of the Society)
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New Section S Line 12 Grave #
8. O
9. Morris Goldstein: I=3/22/72
10. Rose Goldstein: I= 11/7/93
11. Sam Krasny: I= 1993
12. Kay Krasny: I=1986
13. David Garmeder: I=2/16/97
14. Pauline Garneder: I=1/30/79
15. Frank Flaxman: I=10/26/77
16. Yetta Flaxman: I=6/17/69
New Section S Line 13 Grave #
5-8 O
9. No info available
10. no info available
11. Jack Waterman: I=1985
12. Freda Waterman: I=7/29/62
13. Ethel Press: I=2/3/65
14. no info available
15. no info available
16. O
New Section S Line 14 Grave #
7. Albert Sterling: I=2007
8. RESERVED
9. Philip Levin: I=1/2/75
10. Rose Levin: I=11/2/73
11. Jack Smolinsky: I=3/6/94
12. Ida Smolinsky: I=9/5/80
13. Anna Smolinsky: I=1992
14. Max Smolinsky: I=1/17/82
15. Bertha Smolinsky: I=12/13/96
16. RESERVED
New Section S Line 15 grave #
9. O
10. O
11. RESERVED
12. RESERVED
13. Gussie Kanefsky: I=7/13/87
14. Louis Kanefsky: I=6/1/80
15. RESERVED?
16. Louis Berkowitz: I=2/11/01
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