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Peter Tonon prays over the body of his mother Lieselotte Tonon, 85, at a socially-distanced viewing at the Clayton and McGirr Funeral Home on June 09, 2020 in Freehold, New Jersey. (John Moore/Getty Images/AFP)
COUGHLIN FUNERAL HOME

Death in small-town America

As the coronavirus continues its deadly march, funeral directors in small-town America quietly attend to burying the dead

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Peter Rothpletz
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