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Retired Teacher at Home in a Chicago Cemetery

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Published October 29, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Reporter Linda Paul profiles Helen Sclair, a retired school teacher who has made her home in Chicago's Bohemian National Cemetery.

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