Funeral Planning in the Time of COVID-19
April 7, 2020, 9:59 pm
It was March 17, 2020, the day after the White House advised people to avoid groups of more than 10. The family was scattered: Kerpen’s mother, Rayni Joan, 79, died in Santa Monica, Calif. Kerpen and his brother, Dan, lived in New York. A third sibling lived in Washington, D.C. They could not safely gather to comfort each other and celebrate ...