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Veterans' sunken, crooked gravestones in Grand Forks cemetery repaired by volunteers

One year and two heart attacks ago, 76-year-old JoAnne Whicker took it upon herself to fix the dilapidated veteran graves at Memorial Park Cemetery. Since then, she has raised more than $16,000 and garnered the support of 54 people and businesses...

2509993+050716.n.gfh_.cemetery 001.JPG — Veteran Bill Little examines the new memorial after install is completed Friday morning at the Grand Forks Memorial Park Cemetery. Jesse Trelstad/ Grand Forks Herald

By Anna Burleson

May 06, 2016 at 2:40 PM

2510013+052215.n.gfh_.cemetery_2 copy.jpg — JoAnne Whicker arranges flowers in her truck to place on graves of her loved ones on Friday, May 22, 2015, at Grand Forks Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D. Whicker led a push to fix shifted and sinking veteran headstones in the cemetery. (Logan Werlinger/Grand Forks Herald)

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