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Across the street from the abandoned cemetery she saved, a Philadelphia activist gets her due — and a street sign
On Saturday, city officials unveiled a tribute to longtime Philadelphia activist Paulette Rhone at 61st and Kingsessing Avenue, where she spent countless hours, renaming a portion of Kingsessing "Paulette Rhone Place."
![Kingsessing Avenue, at 61st Street in Southwest Philadelphia, was formally renamed Saturday as Paulette Rhone Place, after the longtime city activist and advocate for cleaning up nearby Mount Moriah Cemetery. Rhone, 64, died Feb. 11 from a heart attack.](https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/OYTFW3FFEZHQPCQW256MR6GH4E.jpg?auth=a61e55461f473794607831a5d14f9e20fbd534b820b335a66c0a9c19ab576826&width=760&height=507&smart=true)