The only attendee at the funeral of Edward Konciak was his wife of 41 years, Cathy.”They didn’t even allow the driver of the hearse to come in, he had to wait at the gate,” she told BuzzFeed News.The funeral home banned embalming and only allowed one guest per burial, alongside the funeral director, to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.Konciak died from complications of COVID-19 in a New Jersey hospital on April 5.He’d turned 66 just three days earlier. A kind nurse had brought her phone into his intensive care room so Cathy could wish him a happy birthday. Konciak couldn’t speak, but gave a thumbs up.The following Tuesday, Cathy read “Death Is Nothing At All,” the famous poem by Henry Scott-Holland, at her husband’s funeral.”It just talks about just being in the next room waiting, I’m not really gone, just somewhere around the corner,” said Cathy, her voice shaking. “Just kind of out of sight, but still here.”For months, Cathy had been waiting for Konciak to return fully, after a major fall last year left him with a traumatic brain injury. After months of hospital visits and rehab facilities, she thought after a temporary stay at the Family… Read full this story
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