Family: Gravesites are overgrown with weeds

A family is calling for action after seeing the condition of their loved one’s gravesite at a Westchester cemetery. Ruth Strumke and her daughter came up from South Carolina to visit her husband’s gravesite at Assumption Cemetery in Cortlandt.

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Family: Gravesites are overgrown with weeds

A family is calling for action after seeing the condition of their loved one’s gravesite at a Westchester cemetery. Ruth Strumke and her daughter came up from South Carolina to visit her husband’s gravesite at Assumption Cemetery in Cortlandt.

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Family: Gravesites are overgrown with weeds

A family is calling for action after seeing the condition of their loved one&rsquo;s gravesite at a Westchester cemetery. Ruth Strumke and her daughter came up from South Carolina to visit her husband&rsquo;s gravesite at Assumption Cemetery in Cortlandt.

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A family is calling for action after seeing the condition of their loved one’s gravesite at a Westchester cemetery. Ruth Strumke and her daughter came up from South Carolina to visit her husband’s gravesite at Assumption Cemetery in Cortlandt.