Honoring One Life Among 500,000
In North Philadelphia, a family gathered for a last day with “The Best Mom Ever.”
Credit.Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times
Feb. 24, 2021
PHILADELPHIA As Mildred Perry’s coffin was lowered into the snow-covered ground at Greenmount Cemetery on Tuesday, her family sang “I’ll Fly Away,” a traditional selection to close a funeral service.
Ms. Perry, 94, thought she had beaten the coronavirus after she contracted it last spring. But eight months later, her lungs had not recovered. She died on Feb. 15 at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, of prolonged medical complications from Covid-19, as the country was nearing another painful milestone in the pandemic.
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