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Chicago man carries on South Side tombstone making tradition

by Associated Press
| September 5, 2020 9:03 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — Elmo's has been making tombstones on the South Side of Chicago for more than half a century, hand-carving grave markers for the bereaved families of everyone from local celebrities to victims of the gang violence that has become a hallmark of that part of the city.

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