Children of Israel / Oak Grove Cemetery
Children of Israel Cemetery is located at Delaware Avenue and Easton Boulevard. Children of Israel Synagogue was organized May 1, 1876 and the cemetery was establish soon after. General use ceased in the 1930's. Maintained, but inactive and generally locked. Temple B’Nai Jeshurun maintains the cemetery. Photos by Duane Pierce of the CPMIGS.
Lat: 41.60413, Long: -93.58091Transcription: 1) CPMIGS (Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical Society).
For more information on this cemetery see: 1) Hawkeye Heritage Summer 1983, transcription by Margaret Foster; 2) Children of Israel Cemetery from the Iowa Jewish Historical Society (2010), or go to International Jewish Cemetery Project, hold mouse over "The Americas", select "United States", Scroll to "Iowa", then click on "Des Moines: Polk County".
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