Judging by the look of the house and the appearance of the house next door, the neighbors and/or church members couldn't have been doing much to help. Somebody needed to blow away their leaves and trim their shrubs so the house wouldn't look almost abandoned. Would have taken someone about an hour. Too late now, Christians.
The guy was 63....I'm 76 and cut my own brush. They probably had the bucks to pay a local teen to tidy up if they had wanted it done. Maybe they liked (and I do) the privacy that foliage provides....