Posted on 03/18/2020 8:49:34 PM PDT by rintintin
Grace Fusco mother of 11, grandmother of 27 would sit in the same pew at church each Sunday, surrounded by nearly a dozen members of her sprawling Italian-American family. Sunday dinners drew an even larger crowd to her home in central New Jersey.
Now, her close-knit clan is united anew by unspeakable grief: Mrs. Fusco, 73, died on Wednesday night after contracting the coronavirus hours after her son died from the virus and five days after her daughters death, a relative said.
Four other children who contracted coronavirus remain hospitalized, three of them in critical condition, the relative, Roseann Paradiso Fodera, said.
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Looks like a lovely family, how sad.
Prayers...
This is not just killing old people.
It’s just the flu and they were probably old or in bad health.
/FReepers living in Egypt.
very sad, wish I could read the article.
Very sad. A younger senior and two middle aged children. Possibly the daughter gave it to her mother.
I’m monitoring my parents over the phone, and dropping off groceries at their doorstep as needed. They like to hug and kiss, and can’t change their ways at this stage.
Let’s pray this is not a sign of things to come.
The oldest was 73
Her 2 oldest children as well, using a rule of thumb of 20 or so at birth of first I put them both in the 50 years old range and they were taken as well.
The numbers may vary based upon actual date of birth etc but in short they were not youngsters
Still a heavy burden for a family to bear
God rest their souls...
I live in a rural area and taught jr. high students. Many of them went to a rural Lutheran church that has a large graveyard around it. I told them to go look at tombstones that had several deaths from one family in 1918-19. “Spanish” flu killed nearly 700,000 Americans.
By the way world leaders are reacting to Wuhan virus, I’m thinking they’re being told that this could be just as bad.
I’ll bet your parents are so proud of you. Of course I know you don’t give a damn one way or the other. You probably don’t even know who your father is and your mother wouldn’t claim you.
If you wonder if it is serious, there you go. Stay home.
I agree with you.
He’s probably hoping this disease kills his parents so he can get his cut sooner.
50 isn’t elderly.
50yr olds still work, some have younger kids at home still. they pay taxes, have mortgages, car notes, coach little league.
These weren’t decrepit little old people in a home waiting for the grim reaper.
Very sad......so we need to shut down society!
Ya really gotta wonder about the ones cheering on the old people dying meme.
Might be something in the DNA of Italians!!!
Jackasses like you usually make me sigh and wish you weren't on my side of the political aisle. You're a liability, not an asset... and you clearly are not professional at all.
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