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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 20 > Caretaker calls Bend cemetery 'a beautiful place to work'

Caretaker calls Bend cemetery 'a beautiful place to work'

By Christine Metz / The Bulletin
February 20, 2007

In a place dedicated to holding the dead, Barbara "Bobbie" Rader has found much life.

Pet squirrels, injured birds, a three-legged deer and even her now pet dog, Shadow, have all crossed paths with Rader as she has worked to keep up Pilot Butte Cemetery.

For 16 years, Rader, 60, has....

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