Orphans
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Emelia Malizia, Frances Richard Malizia and Mary Malizia
With the death of Sisters-in-Law, a generation of orphans emerges.
Charles Eiser and Elizabeth Nichter Eiser
She died six days before her son’s first birthday.
Anna Dougherty-Finn
She left behind six children.
Joseph (Giuseppe) Curzi
I asked my father if there was a house fire and he said “No, they all perished during the epidemic.”
Samuel Sobel
Elizabeth Unruh
People’s choices matter. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Bertha Mary Colvin, William “Bill” Francis Wilson, Miles Wilson, and Elizabeth Griffin Wilson
“My mother lost both parents to the pandemic…”
Mary Elizabeth (Menold) Beine
Losing a Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt
Port Richmond, Philadelphia
Celia Moskowitz Reiter
Crying for Her Mother
New York, N.Y.
Carmela & Lena Alessandroni
Dying of a Broken Heart—and the Flu
Passyunk Square, Philadelphia