Identification:

Location:
Lunna
Column:
122

Headstone:

Hebrew:

Translation

And Joseph erected a monument of stone|For the burial of Mrs. Rachel [ ]|A woman of valor* [ ]|Let her deeds be praised at the gates**|Mrs. Rachel the daughter of R. Joseph wife of|R[ ] Aaron the Cohen|She died with a good name [ ] all the days of her life [ ] Adar in the year|5649 (1889), may her soul be bound in the bonds of life.|* Proverbs 31:11 begins with the beloved “woman of valor” poem.|** Proverbs 31:31 has the exact words, though the order of the wording differs