{"id":1576,"date":"2026-09-17T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/a-funeral-home-copes-with-the-surge-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:53:59","slug":"a-funeral-home-copes-with-the-surge-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/a-funeral-home-copes-with-the-surge-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dev95-3984610168\" class=\"dev95-- dev95-entity-placement\"><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl27862732.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\"><\/div><\/div><div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/TA65WMUJWAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C888&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Tauro, Nick Turco, and John Lockhead moved the casket of a woman who died of COVID-19 in East Boston to the hearse parked outside of Ruggiero Family Memorial Home.\" height=\"888\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/DUYWLUEKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Tauro held roses to give to family members at Holy Cross Cemetery for Annette Nazzaro\u2019s funeral. Nazzaro, who lived to be 100, died of COVID-19.\" height=\"853\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/72ZRBLELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C879&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Funeral director Joe Ruggiero Jr. inspected a suit that his daughter, Catie, found hanging in the closet for a client to wear. Because so many people are dying in nursing homes or assisted living facilities, families are not able to get back inside to collect the clothes that they would have dressed their loved ones in for their burial, so Ruggiero has contracted a company to have clothing delivered for burials. In this case, the coat was an old one of his.\" height=\"879\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/TPFBPVEJWAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C844&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chairs were arranged to allow for social distancing to protect against the spread of coronavirus as funeral service assistant Miguel Vargas set up for a visitation.\" height=\"844\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/TJ3T2YUJWAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jim Leo, a Deacon at St. John the Evangelist Church in Winthrop, stood beside the casket of a man who died of coronavirus as he waited for the family to arrive for a socially distanced graveside service.\" height=\"853\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/7H2X6PELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C844&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A mourner held a cellphone out to record as she attended Santos A. Rivas\u2019s funeral from inside her car. Due to strict social distancing guidelines, only 10 people are allowed outside of their cars for graveside services at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.\" height=\"844\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/BVNGCKUKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vanessa Rivas prayed alongside her mother, Rosa A. Martinez Rivas, and brother Danny A. Rivas during the funeral service for her father, Santos A. Rivas, who died after a battle with COVID-19.\" height=\"860\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/7XRFLLELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C826&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"At Ruggiero Family Memorial Home in East Boston, apprentice funeral director Catie Ruggiero looked through a bag of clothing belonging to a man who died of coronavirus. Catie\u2019s father, Joe, had tried to return the bag to the man\u2019s relatives at his funeral, but they asked if he would look through it for fear that it might be contaminated with coronavirus.\" height=\"826\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/FL2DDIUKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C854&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Family members of Annette Nazzaro maintain a social distance during her wake at the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home in East Boston. Nazzaro lived to be 100 before succumbing to coronavirus.\" height=\"854\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/C3HJ3GEKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C880&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Family members embraced as friends and family paid their respects from afar, lining the street in their cars surrounding the gravesite of Santos A. Rivas, who passed away from coronavirus.\" height=\"880\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/7UIRVSELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C881&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Funeral director Joe Ruggiero Jr., founder of his family\u2019s business, Ruggiero Family Memorial Home in East Boston, looked up at the white board full of funerals for the week as he tried to figure out the next day\u2019s staffing beside his daughter, Catie.\" height=\"881\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/E2CL64EKQYI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C845&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"After tending to three funerals earlier in the day, funeral director Joe Ruggiero III got a call shortly after 8pm to retrieve the body of a man who had died at home. Ruggiero and assistant funeral director Nick Verrocchi worked together to move the man\u2019s body out of his home in East Boston.\" height=\"845\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/CAZQETUKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C850&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A mourner was reflected in the rearview mirror of his car as he attended Santos A. Rivas\u2019s funeral.\" height=\"850\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/AIUX5RELKEI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Funeral workers moved a casket out for a funeral as another was brought in to set up for a wake inside Ruggiero Family Memorial Home in East Boston.\" height=\"860\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/F7PETXEKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Apprentice funeral director Catie Ruggiero sprayed each chair with Lysol following a wake.\" height=\"853\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/7ONNQKELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C888&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mourners broke down during a wake at Ruggiero Family Memorial Home for Santos A. Rivas.\" height=\"888\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/6UDADQULKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C838&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Tauro, Michaelangelo Gerardi, John Lockhead, and Nick Turco waited for the family to arrive at a graveside funeral held for a man who died of COVID-19.\" height=\"838\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/XEECBVEJWAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C884&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Catie Ruggiero (left) and Jacqueline Brangiforte, both apprentice funeral directors, transported a body from Melrose Wakefield Hospital.\" height=\"884\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/7LBUF4ELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A mourner held out two phones to FaceTime Santos A. Rivas\u2019s funeral for people who could not be there in person.\" height=\"853\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/6XLT5TELKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C851&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chairs were pushed against the wall to make room for caskets in a makeshift storage area that Ruggiero Family Memorial Home usually uses as a tribute room.\" height=\"851\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/3YU7ATUNM4I6VMWB72CTVY7TPQ.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fr. Eric Bennett prayed over the casket of a man who died of COVID-19. Because the man\u2019s family live in Italy, where they were in lockdown, they were unable to travel here for the funeral. The only other person in attendance was funeral director Joe Ruggiero III. Under normal circumstances the man\u2019s body would have been shipped back to Italy, but because of restrictions put into place due to coronavirus that wasn\u2019t possible.\" height=\"853\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/6QBJX6ULKAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C868&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Funeral director Joe Ruggiero moved a body into a makeshift storage area.\" height=\"868\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/W6KJ6DEJWAI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C836&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Tauro carried flowers that adorned the casket to the limo so that they could be brought to the cemetery for a graveside service being held for a woman who died of coronavirus.\" height=\"836\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/AAK6DOELKEI6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C850&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A message scrawled on the back windshield of a car was seen during Santos A. Rivas\u2019s funeral. The mourner who wrote it wasn\u2019t able to get out of the car to stand beside Rivas\u2019s grave.\" height=\"850\" width=\"1280\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/bostonglobe\/EB7K62EKLII6VL32SQ7K27FODM.jpg?resize=1280%2C854&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A mourner broke down during a wake for Santos A. 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