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The 2025 Year was a very active one at the B'nai Israel Cemetery!
In January there was the first and only burial at the Cemetery in 2025. The Cemetery Board is working on formal procedures to follow when a burial is needed.
Memorial Day, May 29, 2025 turned out to be a beautiful day. Members of the community gathered for a picnic and socializing after the Chequamegon Veterans paid tribute to veterans buried at the cemetery with a 21 gun salute and playing of taps.
The Cemetery Board received a large anonymous donation. A portion of the funds were put in the endowment with the remaining funds going towards special projects.
Volunteers worked on several major long range planning projects throughout the year including tree and flower (tulips) planting, stump grinding, placement of metal corner markers, grass seeding and replacement of the existing gate and the addition of a new gate on the west side so that a backhoe can easily get into the cemetery.
In the Fall the Board led an appeal for food pantry donations on behalf of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.
New Year Projects: The Board is discussing several projects in 2026 including, exploring having water at the site, restoring damaged headstones and discussions about a second event at the cemetery in the Fall.
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Memorial Day 2025 Photos
Stump grinding, tree removal and marker replacements were major projects in the summer of 2025.
The main entry gate was replaced with an easier to open replacement. A new gate and culvert on the west side of the cemetery was added for equipment access.
A food pantry donation in the amount of $1500 was presented to the BRICK on behalf of the Cemetery and Jewish Community.
Our 5783 Projects
Our beautiful stand of evergreens, all planted at the same time in the early days of the cemetery has reached the end of its life. In ones, two and threes, some are dying each year. We've cut down the ones that have died and this year planed seven new trees. As the old trees continue to die, will will removed them and plant new ones.
Community members gathered over the summer to install a comfortable green bench
donated by the Siegler family in loving memory of David's mother, Paula Betty Block Siegler Sleeth.
Spring '22 brought us together to break a sweat and start a new garden bed with
a large pile of soil, brownstone block border and donations of perennial flowers from friends' gardens.
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