Using art to honor COVID-19 victims According to the CDC, 554,420 Americans have died from COVID-related issues since last year. A woman from Schuylkill County is putting a face to the numbers. Author: Elizabeth Worthington Updated: 5:09 PM EDT April 6, 2021 TAMAQUA, Pa. — Kathleen Cantrell served in the Navy as a nurse in the 1960s. She was a mother, wife, and sister. She passed away from COVID-19 in November. Her portrait is now on display at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center along with dozens of others, all drawn by Kathleen's niece Andrea Perno from Auburn. "For me, it was kind of a way to process it. A lot of people process grief in different ways, and I've just always kind of channeled that into artwork or, you know, sometimes people just bottle it up, and that's kind of my way of getting through it," Perno said.