Collected Item: “Funerals of Family Abroad: Losing a Grandfather in the Heat of the Pandemic”
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Funerals of Family Abroad: Losing a Grandfather in the Heat of the Pandemic
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Covid-19 has taken many things from me over the almost year that it has been running rampant around the United States, however, the biggest thing that Covid-19 has taken away from me was the opportunity for me to attend my Opa's funeral this summer. He, unfortunately, passed away from complications related to a stroke and my grandmother was able to see him in the hospital, but it was heartbreaking to not be able to attend his funeral in person. His death was rather sudden and so my family had not really been expecting it. When I first heard of his death I immediately thought about the fact that I would not be able to go to his funeral and that the last time I had seen him the year before would be the last time that I would be able to see him.
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HI363, SaintAnselmCollege, Grief, Loss, InternationalFamily
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Sophia, Rosemarie, and Robert Menke
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2020-07-22