Foss: Learning from the obituaries
Foss: Learning from the obituaries | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS You can learn a lot from the obituaries. I started reading the obits in earnest a couple weeks ago because I was searching for people who had died of COVID-19 in Capital Region nursing homes. At first, I scanned the obits quickly for causes of death. But the more I read, the more absorbed I became. Soon I was captivated – not by how people died, but by how they lived, by their achievements and passions and deep roots in the community. Many of the people I’ve learned about were quite elderly, and their obituaries are...