Read original article The overall coronavirus death toll in the United States now stands at 49,759, with 866,646 confirmed cases. The novel coronavirus has killed nearly 50,000 people in the United States, after one of the deadliest days of the pandemic which saw 3,176 deaths, according to a tally Thursday from Johns Hopkins University. The…
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All Veterans Funeral & Cremation: Memorial Day’s sea of flags will be missing from national cemeteries because of coronavirus
Read original article By: DAVID MIGOYA The sight of thousands of tiny American flags precisely pegged against rows of symmetrically aligned headstones in the nation’s national cemeteries has been a rite of each Memorial Day for as long as can be remembered. This year, that symphony of flags will not be seen, the casualties of…
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Cremation Society of Minnesota: The difficulty of finding closure
Read original article By: Nate Gotlieb It was a trying March for the family of Clint and Carolyn Schroeder, who spent decades as members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in East Harriet, raising their five children there and each serving as church council president. Clint died on March 12 at the age of 89, and then,…
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Hankins & Whittington: COVID-19 means new normal for funerals, after-life plans
Read original article Hadasa Rivera Marin, Reporter With the number of cases escalating and deaths rising, families of COVID-19 victims are adjusting to a new normal as after-life plans take on new meaning and risk. ”We have been and are continuing to make preparations so that if we do see an escalation in the number…
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