Staff writer
ADAPTING Jeffrey Schuetz checks the device he uses to read the temperatures of visitors to his funeral home in Mingo Junction. (Photo by Warren Scott)
As COVID-19 continues to spread through the Ohio Valley and with it, concerns about overall public health, area funeral homes have been adapting to new conditions and needs for funeral arrangements.
Many area funeral directors said they have been working extra hours and often seven days a week to keep up with arrangements for a larger number of families.
“We have been very, very busy. It’s a challenge,” said Don Clarke of Clarke Funeral Home of Toronto. “We’ve handled several COVID situations and deaths in the last few months.”