Anthony Wahl The annual Independence Day on the Rock free holiday display at Traxler Park on Sunday, July 4. Thousands of young children lost parents to COVID. Whereâs help for them? By JoNel Aleccia Kaiser Health News Jul 5, 2021 Scott Stephen Ball/KHN Valerie Villegas holds a photograph of her late husband, Robert Villegas, along with her children Alexis Vaiz, Nicholas, Robert Jr., Ayden and Andrew Vaiz outside their Portland, Texas, home on Wednesday. (Scott Stephen Ball/Kaiser Health News/TNS) Scott Stephen Ball/KHN Valerie Villegas (left) holds Robert Jr. as her oldest son, Andrew Vaiz, ties Aydenâs shoes. Villegas says all six of her