Family says they can't imagine who would steal graveside flowers

HULL, Mass. — Family members of o woman who died nearly 20 years ago are trying to figure out who would disturb her final resting place.

Rose Lisa Dion died at the age of 39 in 1999. She was buried at the Hull Village Cemetery where her children visit frequently.

Three years ago, her son Sean and daughter Lenore planted lilies at the grave – flowers that bloomed every summer.

“It's a plant people may not understand it but it's the meaning behind it,” Sean said. “It was beautiful the lily was beautiful.  It had grown so much since a few years ago when I planted it.”

But when Sean was visiting his mother’s grave this past weekend the flowers had been removed.

At first, he and his sister assumed animals had eaten the flowers or caretakes accidently cut them, but after closer inspection they saw that someone had taken the time to dig a hole and remove them.

“You actually had to sit there and put some elbow grease in to digging up a rooted plant it's been there a couple years we didn't just plant it last week it wasn't in a pot it was in the ground,” Sean said.

The question that eats at both Sean and Lenore is who would disturb the one small piece on this earth they consider sacred.

“It's not like it's gut wrenching it just kind of hurts,” Sean said.

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