Funeral Homes are Overwhelmed Amid Coronavirus Death Surge in Ohio
Adobe Stock Images The deaths of more than 2,000 people in the state have been attributed to the coronavirus over the past 30 days, according to the Ohio Department of Health. As coronavirus continues to surge throughout Ohio, funeral homes across the state are seeing a higher demand for their services. Eric Anthony is a fourth-generation funeral director at Anthony Funeral Homes in Akron. He said the demand for his family’s services has ebbed and flowed throughout the pandemic, but recently it has picked back up again. “Right in March, we saw a little surge right away for a few weeks. An...