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Claire K. Yu
6 min readFeb 9, 2024
Grave of Edith Eaton.
Grave of Edith Eaton @ Mont-Royal Cemetery — Photo by Claire K. Yu

Locating the grave of Edith Eaton took me well over an hour. By the time I discerned the cluster of black granite tombstones I’d seen previously in archival photos overhung by branches of a Northern red oak, daylight was all but drained from the overcast sky at the latitude of 45.5°N, at four o’clock in the afternoon.

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Claire K. Yu

Writer, mother, investor, volunteer; raised in E. Asia/N. Am/EU; trained at MIT; speaks EN/中/ES/日/DE/FR; lives in Mass., advocates equity, connects cultures.