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Indiana gravedigger retires after world-record 73 years

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By Carson Gerber Verified
| The Herald Bulletin Verified
GALVESTON — Allen McCloskey never planned on being a grave digger. He got into the profession by simply doing what he always does — being a helpful, friendly neighbor. It was 1952 when a neighbor asked for his help digging a grave in a small cemetery north of the small town of Young America in Cass County. kAm“$@ x 96=A65 9:>[” |4r=@D<6J D2:5] “%96 ?6IE E:>6 96 8@6D[ ‘*@F 42? 5@ :E[’ 2?5 x’G6 366?
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Indiana is home to thousands of abandoned cemeteries. Who’s responsible? Original

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By Carson Gerber Verified
| The Lebanon Reporter Verified
GALVESTON, Ind. — Allen McCloskey, a 92-year-old grave digger in Galveston, said he was feeling nosy when he decided about 15 years ago to track down an old abandoned graveyard near his home. Someone had mentioned the site to him decades earlier. What he found was the Old Galveston Cemetery. A nearly impenetrable path along a corn field led to the Civil War-era graveyard situated in a woods, nearly reclaimed by nature. kAm|4r=@D<6J D2H ?@ @?6 H2D >2:?E2:?:?8 E96 D:E6[ D@ 96 E@@< @?
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Indiana gravedigger retires after world-record 73 years

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By Carson Gerber Verified
| CNHI News Verified
GALVESTON — Allen McCloskey never planned on being a grave digger. He got into the profession by simply doing what he always does — being a helpful, friendly neighbor. It was 1952 when a neighbor asked for his help digging a grave in a small cemetery north of the small town of Young America in Cass County. “So I helped him,” McCloskey said.
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