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The sisters had a pact

With the death of Sisters-in-Law, a generation of orphans emerges.

She died six days before her son’s first birthday.

I asked my father if there was a house fire and he said “No, they all perished during the epidemic.”

A mother with influenza unfortunately didn’t survive.

A Roxborough grandmother and the loss of her mother and grandmother.

In the same edition of the newspaper in which his obituary was listed, there were 18 funerals announced.

Dad stood and counted all 9 members of his friends’ family.

Losing a Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt
Port Richmond, Philadelphia

Dying of a Broken Heart—and the Flu
Passyunk Square, Philadelphia