![]() Roughly thirty-five miles outside of Youngstown, Dankworth was a sprawling mixture of open space, dense forest, farmland and a hodgepodge of Pre- and Post-War housing mixed in with nineteenth century barns, mills and stone houses. The town had long promoted itself with a simple motto:Īlthough it sounded like a hokey public relations blurb, in a sense it was true. ![]() But after seventeen years it had only a numbing effect on me.ĭankworth isn't quite country or suburb. A nice Sunday drive to watch the leaves change in the Fall or buy fresh fruit and vegetables from roadside stands in the Summer. Had I not made the trip so many hundreds of times it might've been pleasant, almost scenic. The drive to Elm Grove cemetery took twenty minutes. ![]() More and more people were opting for cremation, which held low profits for Funeral Homes. There were only two Funeral Homes left in Dankworth and we were both hurting for business. ![]()
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