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During a meeting with his lawyer the week of the signing, Robin listens with skepticism to the details of the sale. Because there are several family members involved, splitting up the money from the sale and the debts proves very complicated.

Robin sits in his garage waiting for a friend to return with some gasoline so he can move the last of his things off the property. “Everybody’s looking for a better life.” he said. “I’m looking for a quieter…

Before auctioning off the majority of his family’s belongings, Robin selects a pendant of his mothers to hold on to. A photo of Robin (bottom) and his three siblings are still intact in the old locket.

When his mother died in September 1999, Robinson Baird Ochsenschlager was forced to sell the farm he grew up on in order to pay inheritance taxes on the valuable property in Aurora, Ill. One year later, Robin auctioned off most of his family’s…

Best Friends, Martin Road. Jarrett Burroughs and Christopher Unis wrestle in Unis’ home after a electronic action game. “Go play outside” shouts Christopher, older brother Michael.

The Scolding, Yvonne Wilson-Burroughs scolds son Jarrett Burroughs for roughhousing as next door neighbors Dianne Oster and her son David look on. David was hurt when Jarrett piled on after a football tackle. “You guys are like Ememem and…

Atta Boy!, Michael Unis, 13, gets encouraging pat from next door neighbor Mr. Thomas Hatchet, lifelong resident and former Verona High School football star during the late 1940’s, as the teen returns from a nearby store with school supplies…

Goodbye, Harriet Wilson kisses her friend, Beatrice Koennicke, who holds flowers from her longtime friends and neighbors, who waited in her driveway to wish her well on the day she moved from Martin Road after more than fifty years, due to her…

Looking at You, Jessica Hill plays with neighbor Dayo Fayanju in Mr. Hatchet’s backyard on Martin Road.

Consoles, In a sentimental moment, Yvonne Wilson-Burroughs embraces the elder Mr. Ron Blaha, her Martin Road neighbor since childhood who lost his wife recently, as the two discussed a memorial for his late wife, possibly the planting of a tree at a…