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Clothing. Tons of it, mostly from LL Bean and Lands End. Best I can figure is she'd order something out of every catalog they sent her, given that most of it was hardly worn at all.
Food. She hid food (canned and boxed, thankfully) all over the house.
Household items, especially cleaners.
We boxed away the clothing, figuring we'll have replacements when something gets lost, torn, or stained. The food we donated to a food bank. The laundry soap, cleaners, and other similar stuff we split between each other. I went a year before I had to buy laundry detergent again.
If it was broken, it went to the dump. If it had sentimental value or significant value, it got split between me and Brother.
The rest was sold off in a massive estate sale. We literally opened the house for sale, and sold everything that wasn't nailed down. Everything went but a couple of pieces of furniture (to my surprise), those got donated to Good Will. We made about a grand on the sale; we took pretty much any and all offers.
Once you clean out the trash, you might be able to do something similar.
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