Carmela Polimeni, a 92-year-old woman from New Jersey, died alone without family or friends, prompting local residents to come together to fund her funeral and burial, showing that kindness persists in difficult times.
Eternity Funeral Services ran a short death notice about her unclaimed body in the Bergen Record, after which a post in a Facebook group drew locals to support her funeral financially.
A generous caller offered a purchased grave site to ensure that Polimeni would not be buried in an unmarked plot, demonstrating compassion from the community.
Despite her solitary life, those in her nursing home described her as well-liked, highlighting the disconnection between social perception and reality regarding her last years.
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