Unveiling the Enigma of the Lone Woman Interred in a Pet Cemetery
Patricia Chaarte, a 92-year-old woman with no next of kin, was buried at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in New York as per her will. The cemetery, which is the first of its kind in the U.S., is no stranger to human burials, with about 900 people interred alongside their pets. Ed Martin III, who has worked at the cemetery since he was 14, found Chaarte's request unusual but not unprecedented, as the cemetery is a final resting place for many who wish to be close to their animal companions in death.