“The dead won’t hurt you,” her husband adds. “It’s the living that can kill you!”
The UPS truck can’t seem to find them. Neither can the cable guy. And the residents of the little Queens cottage have given up ordering pizza. Then again, the neighbors are quiet, and the Manhattan-skyline views are to die for.
So goes life in a cemetery.
“I like to say I live in a gated community,” says Ellen Moschetto, 61, who shares her home — cozily set on 70-odd headstoned acres — with a Shih Tzu, two cats and her husband, Bob, the graveyard’s caretaker.
There are at least two dozen cemeteries in Queens, several of them here in Maspeth. Many have live-in — and, yes, living — residents whose job it is to open and close the gates, patrol the grounds and keep out trespassers dying to get in.
“It’s not a job,” Bob says. “It’s a responsibility.”
The gregarious 65-year-old used to make his rounds through the rolling hills astride a BMW motorcycle. These days, he cruises the winding roads in his Hyundai, pointing out headstones with the pride usually accorded national monuments. Full story...
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The UPS truck can’t seem to find them. Neither can the cable guy. And the residents of the little Queens cottage have given up ordering pizza. Then again, the neighbors are quiet, and the Manhattan-skyline views are to die for.
So goes life in a cemetery.
“I like to say I live in a gated community,” says Ellen Moschetto, 61, who shares her home — cozily set on 70-odd headstoned acres — with a Shih Tzu, two cats and her husband, Bob, the graveyard’s caretaker.
There are at least two dozen cemeteries in Queens, several of them here in Maspeth. Many have live-in — and, yes, living — residents whose job it is to open and close the gates, patrol the grounds and keep out trespassers dying to get in.
“It’s not a job,” Bob says. “It’s a responsibility.”
The gregarious 65-year-old used to make his rounds through the rolling hills astride a BMW motorcycle. These days, he cruises the winding roads in his Hyundai, pointing out headstones with the pride usually accorded national monuments. Full story...
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