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This Pennsylvania woman asked friends to help weave her burial casket

NPR | By Nic Neves
Published March 28, 2026 at 7:40 AM EDT

When Maddie Christine Brokop learned she was dying, she invited her friends to help weave the tray she will be buried in.

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