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arrow Funeral director Ernie Alvarez leads masked pallbearers carrying Jorge Gamarra s body into Holy Trinity Church in Passaic, New Jersey. Alvarez said now that the state is loosening COVID-19 restrictions, families can gather and grieve. February 26th, 2021. View all 12
Ernie Alvarez cleared the wreath of red roses and the pedestals carrying Asiatic lilies alongside yellow cushion poms, until all that remained was a simple gray casket.
Turning a metal crank, he lowered a white bed holding the body of 67-year-old Jorge Gamarra, as his family whispered their last goodbyes. They caressed the top of Gamarra’s head and then departed before Alvarez shut the lid.