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Jul 11, 2021
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Shenora Staten-Jordan felt lost when her father, Gary Lee Staten, died of COVID-19 in May. She hadn’t expected to lose him so soon at age 61 or for a contagious disease to hinder her goodbye.
All of that only strengthened her Milwaukee family’s wishes to give Staten a beloved father and grandfather who spent 30-plus years serving Milwaukee Public Schools the type of homegoing service he deserved, she said.
“We look at the news every day and we are seeing numbers of COVID-19 cases, and people that have lost their lives to COVID-19,” Staten-Jordan said. “And who he was as a person is minimized.”
National News
Jul 11, 2021
Shenora Staten-Jordan poses June 16, 2021, at her Milwaukee home with a picture of her family that includes her late father, second from right. When her father passed away from COVID-19 in the summer of 2021, she hoped a federal funeral relief program would help shoulder the cost of the unexpected loss. After days on hold, she gave up getting in touch with the people who could help. Staten-Jordan is seen on June 16, 2021, at her Milwaukee home with a picture of her family that includes her late father, second from right. (Will Cioci/Wisconsin Watch via AP)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Shenora Staten-Jordan felt lost when her father, Gary Lee Staten, died of COVID-19 in May. She hadn’t expected to lose him so soon at age 61 or for a contagious disease to hinder her goodbye.
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1of3Shenora Staten-Jordan poses June 16, 2021, at her Milwaukee home with a picture of her family that includes her late father, second from right. When her father passed away from COVID-19 in the summer of 2021, she hoped a federal funeral relief program would help shoulder the cost of the unexpected loss. After days on hold, she gave up getting in touch with the people who could help. Staten-Jordan is seen on June 16, 2021, at her Milwaukee home with a picture of her family that includes her late father, second from right. (Will Cioci/Wisconsin Watch via AP)Will Cioci/APShow MoreShow Less