Family navigates death, mourning amid COVID-19 pandemic
Dec 20, 2020 catholic news service
Ron Thyfault is embraced by his wife, Virginia, July 7, 2020, in their Hays, Kan., home, upon his return from the hospital. The couple celebrated 69 years of marriage shortly before his July 15 death from COVID-19. His was the first COVID-19 death in Ellis County, Kansas. (Credit: CNS photo/Courtesy Thyfault family.)
The rules surrounding COVID-19 patients and funerals have continued to evolve during the pandemic, and families are struggling to mourn loved ones.
HAYS, Kansas In Ellis County, 91-year-old Ronald Thyfault was the first person to die of COVID-19, on July 15.