HYANNIS Denise Harris has a binder full of about 120 printed emails.
Most are from family members of Cape Cod’s more than 460 COVID-19 victims. In each email, the sender expresses gratitude for Harris’ work to build a memorial at the Airport Rotary to honor those lost to the pandemic.
The memorial Harris’ way of grieving for her own father during a time when traditional mourning rituals were limited to prevent further spread of the disease will soon have a new home.
At 10 a.m. Sunday, the flags will be replanted at the small park at 725 Main St., near the West End Rotary. Harris expects to be joined by others who have lost someone they loved.
Dennis Brandao, 77, of Osterville, Mass., died on Jan. 26, 2021, after becoming ill with COVID-19. He’s among the more than 556,000 Americans who have succumbed to the disease since the first known fatality in the U.S. in early 2020.
Brandao’s daughter, Denise Harris, told Yahoo News that her father was a loving husband, father and grandfather. “He had a heart of gold, and a smile that lit up worlds,” Harris said.
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