CPOY 76 COVID Experience Award of Excellence: Memento Mori
When loved ones die during a pandemic, families honor the lives of the departed while preserving their own. Death comes for us all, and funerals are for the living. COVID-19 was especially cruel for those who lost loved ones, not just from the virus but during the virus. People lost the ability to mourn the way they wanted to, and the cathartic healing through ceremony was diminished.
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November 2, 2020
Family and friends attend the funeral of Hakeem R. Phillips at Farone and Son Funeral Home on Nov. 2, 2020. Phillips, 31, died Oct. 23, 2020, just one day before the 17th anniversary of his brother's death. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on capacity, many people had to wait outside in the cold or watch the livestream of the ceremony from a distance.
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