We visited Centralia in August ourselves and crossed this one off the bucket list. The grave marker is a mystery. I am guessing John got remarried? Or maybe he's still alive and kicking! 
Centralia, PA
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We walked in about a half mile or so, it was kind of an interesting little hike between the piles of rubble. Someone took a lot of time trucking that in. It's quite an interesting place.
Here are some more drone shots.
Here are some more drone shots.
I haven’t been there in a couple decades so not sure what access is like these days but the abandoned Pa turnpike tunnel was a cool place to visit too. It was a pretty popular place and there were a lot of people hanging out the two times I went. It even looked like some jackass had a fairly sizable bonfire inside the tunnel at some point.
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Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike - Wikipedia
There are two standpipes in that graveyard that communicate with the mine fire and vent the gases, which lends to the fogginess, I think. It doesn't always smolder but it was that day. The graveyard is still active and accepting new clients, oddly enough.
It's a dump. It has no redeemable qualities. A sad thing to watch the landscape be treated like that.