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Married 58 years, Oscar and Mary Fontaine lived together in their family home until the day he died.
Though advanced Parkinson’s made him weak, forcing him to use a feeding tube, Oscar still enjoyed his simple pleasures. Even as a pandemic raged around the world, and thousands died cut off from their families in hospitals and long-term care beds, Oscar was able to visit with family, watch tomatoes ripen in the backyard and rest amidst the familiar sights of home until his eyes grew too tired to open.
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