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Maine Retiree Takes Cemetery Under Her Wing

by Patty Wight, NPR
September 28, 2006

Cemeteries are struggling. Many can barely pay to have the lawn mowed, let alone care for gravestones. But in Maine, a 71-year-old retiree named Isla Estabrook has taken it upon herself to clean the grime off thousands of gravestones. What started as a small project to clean a cemetery where a friend was buried has turned into an obsession. Producer Patty Wight sends an audio postcard.

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  • All Things Considered, September 28, 2006
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