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She tended Mount Moriah until her death. Now, her friends hope to bury her in the abandoned cemetery. | Mike Newall

It was Paulette Rhone's dying wish: to spend eternity in the forgotten cemetery she fought to reclaim, there in the valley beside her husband.

Ken Smith at the grave of Gilbert Rhone, husband to recently deceased cemetery advocate Paulette Rhone, at the Mount Moriah Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Friday, March 1, 2019.
Ken Smith at the grave of Gilbert Rhone, husband to recently deceased cemetery advocate Paulette Rhone, at the Mount Moriah Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Friday, March 1, 2019.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer
    by Mike Newall | Columnist
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