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Kara Pioli holds a photo of her father, William Pioli, in the guest room of her Penacook home on Friday. Her father died of COVID last year. Photo by Geoff Forester
William Pioli had a flair for making a point. Take his stance on illegal drug use, for example. Thirty years ago, Pioli went beyond merely telling his three children, gathered around the dinner table, that using drugs was stupid. Instead, he showed Kara Pioli and her two brothers the absurdity of using, comparing it to what he did next: a face plant into his slice of pizza. Read story.
When the state’s funeral homes first started discussing how to safely commemorate COVID-19 patients last spring, the worst of the pandemic was still months away. What followed was unlike anything funeral directors had ever seen.Whether someone died.