Event part of nationwide moment of remembrance
Diana Lundell of Coralville writes her father’s name on a luminaria bag during a public COVID-19 memorial at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Lundell is wife of Coralville Mayor John Lundell, and her father PT Arman died at his memory care facility in Carsn City, Nev., in November. Residents could write the names of loved ones who died from Covid-19 on bags, which were them installed as part of a luminaria display throughout Iowa River Landing. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Numbered bags mark the number of Johnson County residents who have died from Covid-19 during a public memorial at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Residents could write the names of loved ones who died from Covid-19 on bags, which were them installed as part of a luminaria display throughout Iowa River Landing. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)