UNEARTHING THE PAST: CAPE WOMAN HAS A PASSION FOR OLD CEMETERIES, GENEALOGY

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Sunday, June 12, 1994

Diana Steele's oldest son learned how to read, write and do math problems in a cemetery. He sounded out names on headstones and subtracted dates of birth from dates of death to determine ages of the deceased.

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