Emilia Pontarelli, the matriarch of Tony’s Italian Deli, an institution in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood, was 93 when she died last month of Covid-19.
Remembering the Dead: Obituary Writers Restore Humanity to Covid-19 Crisis
Telling individual stories in the face of unyielding mass casualty
The obituary section of newspapers has grown significantly as the coronavirus crisis spread worldwide.
Photo Illustration: Dianna McDougall; Sources: The New York Times, Getty Images
