SALT LAKE CITY — Behind every headstone is a piece of history. The Utah State Historic Preservation Office makes sure those stories are never forgotten.

Amy Barry is the cemetery program manager, and she oversees more than 700 cemeteries and burial sites. She is the sole person in the program.

“I work with the public, and I work with cemeteries to educate on how to properly clean, level and then repair, so we have a way to be dealing with them in a way that doesn’t cause them harm,” Barry said.

The program started in 2019, and she said since then, she’s done workshops and repaired hundreds of stones.

Barry is introduced to different people — most of them etched in stone — but occasionally, she’s introduced to others who are just as fascinated with those stories as she is.

One of those

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