Mabel Lowell Burnett

1847–1898 (age 51)

Biography

Mabel Lowell Burnett (1847–1898) steadied the lives around her through a period of great change, offering compassion and constancy to friends and family in their Mount Auburn neighborhood.

She is remembered by those who loved her for an unfailing warmth that could brighten ordinary moments, and her place of rest among the trees of Mount Auburn Cemetery serves as a gentle reminder of the grace she brought to every season.

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