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The council said it and the police have stepped up the cemetery's security.
Mrs Foster said flowers, rosary beads and lights had been stolen from the grave over a number of years and vandals had recently damaged the headstone.
She said: "It's not just happening to me. In three days there were four graves near to where my daughter is and and everyone had flowers and lights taken."
She added: "When we go to the cemetery my heart starts pounding because I don't know what I'm going to see when I get to the top. I don't know whether it's going to be flowers that have been taken or damage done."
CCTV cameras
Mrs Foster said she had contacted staff at Darlington Borough Council who said they would consider putting CCTV in the cemetery - but she had heard very little about it since.
She has now contacted private security firm, Sparta, run by former boxer Francis Jones to help her.
Ian Thompson, assistant director of environmental services at the council, said: "Staff in the cemetery are aware of the situation and know to report anything untoward. Police have increased their patrols in there."
He added that CCTV cameras would be ineffective because the area was too large, with many trees. He said offenders could easily hide from the view of the camera.
He appealed to the public for help to identify anyone seen vandalising graves.
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