Chester has no Jewish cemetery of its own. The nearest are Ohev Shalom Cemetery in Brookhaven (2 miles), Mount Jacob Cemetery in Glenolden (6 miles), and Mount Sharon Cemetery in Springfield (6 miles). The nearest Jewish funeral homes are Schoenberg Memorial Chapel in Wilmington (12 miles), Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Funeral Directors Atlantic County in Philadelphia (17 miles), and Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael Sacks in Philadelphia (17 miles). Whether a cemetery still sells graves, and to whom, differs from one to the next; each listing below says what has been confirmed.
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Wilmington, DE · 12 mi
Schoenberg Memorial Chapel is located in Wilmington, Delaware. The funeral home indicates a Jewish orientation through features such as a Plant a Tree in Israel program.
May be relevant for: Jewish families in Wilmington, DE area.
Philadelphia, PA · 17 mi · Est. 1800s · Family-Owned
Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Funeral Directors is a family-owned funeral home serving Jewish families in the Philadelphia area and South Jersey for over 140 years. The business operates multiple chapels across Galloway, NJ, and the Greater Philadelphia region.
May be relevant for: Families in Philadelphia and South Jersey looking for a deeply established, traditional family-owned Jewish funeral home.
Philadelphia, PA · 17 mi · Est. 1877 · Family-Owned
Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael Sacks is Philadelphia's oldest Jewish funeral home, operating continuously for over 140 years across five generations of family ownership. The business formed through mergers of three historic Jewish funeral firms: Morris Rosenberg (1877), Raphael-Sacks (1911), and Goldsteins' Memorial Chapel (1944). They maintain five chapel locations in Philadelphia, the surrounding suburbs, and Southern New Jersey, and serve Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, interfaith, and non-denominational families.
May be relevant for: Jewish families across the Greater Philadelphia area and Southern New Jersey seeking the region's most historically established Jewish funeral home with five locations.
Ambler, PA · 23 mi · Est. 1923 · Family-Owned
Berschler and Shenberg Funeral Chapels is a fourth-generation family-owned Jewish funeral home serving the Philadelphia area and Southern New Jersey since 1923. The firm has acquired the historic Asher and Charles I. Kahn funeral operations.
May be relevant for: Families in the Greater Philadelphia or South Jersey areas looking for a traditional, deeply established family-owned Jewish funeral home.
Trevose, PA · 30 mi · Est. 1883 · Family-Owned
Joseph Levine & Sons is a family-owned Jewish funeral home in the Philadelphia region, operating continuously since 1883. The chapel owns and operates the 43-acre Haym Salomon Memorial Park. Services include traditional and interfaith arrangements, with accommodations for observance practices.
May be relevant for: Families in the Philadelphia region seeking a prestigious, historic family-owned firm capable of accommodating all levels of Jewish observance.
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Chester is part of our Greater Philadelphia burial guide — every documented Jewish cemetery and funeral home in the area, grouped by town.
Brookhaven (1)·Glenolden (1)·Springfield (1)·Collingdale (1)·Millbourne (1)·Wilmington (3)·Bala Cynwyd (1)·Camden (1)
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