Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY
Skidler Benevolent Association
Originated 1900, Erected 1931
(Information gathered by Al Sarnotsky 9/24/2000)

Some of the names were in Yiddish and have been transliterated. The transliteration may not match current pronunciations. These are the names on the plaque. Burial information from headstones or cemetery records is still needed.

Gatepost One Committee
Avraham Aba and Lena GARBER
Avraham and Shana SCHWARTZ
Moshe and Itka SHULMAN
Lev and Zelda YELLIN (Kohan = Priest)
Elihiu and Perel SMIGEL

Members
Kalman and Sarah FRIEDMAN
Joseph and Aidley DRAIZNEN
Sholom and Gote ASHEROFF
Yakov and Miriam RAGOFF
Shmuel and Tzvia RAGOFF
Maxwell and Eva LOMM
Meyer and Rose MOSS
Hyman and Lena BERKOWITZ
Joe and Betsy COHEN
Max and Bessie WOROTSKY
Bennie and Anna LEVIN
Alex and Clara BARNET
Sol and Lilly LAMPERT

Gatepost Two Committee
Alex and Elka BERGMAN
Chaim and Elka ABRAMSKI
Shmuel and Frume MAYERSON
Yitzchak and Chana RAGOFF (Levite)
Moshe and Rivka GALAND

Members
Yichezkiel and Shasha MODRIK
Dov and Fruma MAYERSON
Yisroel and Sara GOLDSMITH
Elimelech and Shana KASS
Zev and Chaia SARNOTSKY
Tsvi and Miriam RUBENSTEIN
Nathan and Rhea SMILEY
Israel and Minnie COOLST
Ben and Pauline MARTIN
Nathan and Dora FARBER
William and Lottie DAMSKY
Joe and Lena WEISSMAN
Morris and Alice BLANK
Abaraham and Sara GORDON

In a place of honor separately on the top of each gatepost are the names
Israel and Sara LEVINE
Louis and Miriam LEVINE

Leah Eshke, daughter of Reb Yehudah Tobolsky
Died 5679 (1919 C.E.)

This is the only surviving headstone from the once crowded Skidel Jewish Cemetery. All others were stolen and used to build roads and houses. Mr. Ilya Alexandrovich Borisov of Skidel located this one and restored it to the site of the former cemetery.

Locals say someone from New York photographed every stone about 1935. Anyone know where those photographs might be?

A few of those buried in the Skidler plot at Montefiore:

Eli DRAISNEN, b. 15 May, 1916 d. 29 March, 1987 Ben Reb Baruch
Pearl DRAISNEN, b. 10 March, 1898 d. 13 March, 1987 Ben Reb Abizdon?
Aidley DRAISNEN, b. 01 October, 1882 d. 19 January, 1972
Joseph David DRAISNEN, b. 20 September 1879 d. 01 March, 1953
Sam RAISNER d. 09 April, 1948, age 55
Jacob TROPP d. 04 May, 1958, age 61 Yaakov Tsion Ben Reb Tsvi
Rachel TROPP, d. 03 October, 1945, age 74
Harry TROPP, d. 08 January, 1956, age 84
Benjamin TROPP, b. 22 April, 1901 d. 21 April, 1966 Berel Ben Reb Tsvi Hirsh
Celia THROPE, 08 July, '92 Tsvia Bat Reb Rueven
Morris THROPE, 26 November, '75 Moshe Ben Reb Nachum

New York Area Cemeteries with Skidel Families
Mt. Zion (59-63 54 Avenue, Maspeth, Queens, NY) -- Skidler Benevolent Assoc. Plot (need volunteer to visit and record burials)
Beth David (300 Elmont Road, Elmont, Nassau, NY) -- Skidler Benevolent Assoc. Plot (see above; need volunteer to record burials)
New Montefiore (Wellwood Avenue, West Babylon, Suffolk, NY) -- Skidler Benevolent Assoc. Plot (need volunteer)
Beth Israel Memorial Park (U.S. Highway 1, Woodbridge, NJ) -- Skidler Benevolent Assoc. Plot (need volunteer)
Montefiore (121-83 Springfield Blvd., St. Albans, Queens, NY) -- Skidler Benevolent Assoc. Plot (see above; need volunteer to record burials)

Chicago Area Cemeteries with Skidel Families
Rosemont Park Cemetery (6758 W. Addison, Chicago, IL 60634)
Help in identifying Skidel burials at Rosemont and elsewhere wanted. Email me

Israeli Cemeteries with Skidel Families
Do you have information on Israeli landsmanshaft or family plots for Skidel? Email me

Other Cemeteries with Skidel Families
Would love to find some! Email me.