Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Silver
חיים יעקב ב"ר זאב וואלף
Chief Rabbi, Worcester, MassachusettsDate of Death:
Sat. December 10, 1938 -
Kislev 17 5699
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Directions to Kever: Worcester Hebrew Cemetery in Worcester / Leicester (Auburn), Massachusetts is owned and operated by JCAM. Location: Off Stafford Street, take Cemetery Road past Havana Road
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi H.J. Silver
Biographical Notes:
Rav Silver was a founding member of the Agudath Harabonim.
Credit: Howard Komet
Credit: Howard Komet
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The Maerican Jewish yearbook, mentioned in the above link.
http://books.google.com/books?id=0LUyAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA215&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0-18m56Nc3UUrev2pJ_MocfYwr0A&ci=131%2C895%2C777%2C439&edge=0
A short notice of his Petirah in Hapardes
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12097&st=&pgnum=19&hilite=
(At least I learned that Worcester is actually pronounced /ˈwʊstər/, WOOS-tər, by reading the text ion the Tumbstone, see also here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts🙂