‘Surreal’: NY Funeral Homes Struggle as Virus Deaths Surge

Pat Marmo is the CEO of International Funeral Service of NY (LinkedIn sauce but have no account)

Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard.

His company is equipped to handle 40 to 60 cases at a time, no problem. On Thursday morning, it was taking care of 185.

http://www.bta.bg/en/gallery/image/6601488

https://www.kaaltv.com/national-news/surreal-ny-funeral-homes-struggle-as-virus-deaths-surge/5690886/?cat=10159

Daniel J Schaefer Funeral Home

4123 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home is Prepared to SafelyContinue to Care For Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/CFSV2/fileuploads/4665/COVID19DJS.pdf

Letter from Patrick Marmo about the passing of his father, Patsy Marmo:

-Patsy Marmo began working for the Transport Workers Union (TWU) in the 1940s

-Was an organizer for Michael Quill, aka Red Mike, who was one of the founders of the TWU. Michael Quill was a close ally of the Communist Party USA for the first twelve years of his leadership of the union, he broke with it in 1948.

-Involved as a member of TWU staffers that marched with Reverend Martin Luther King Jr from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

http://www.twulocal100.org/sites/twulocal100.org/files/patrickmarmoletter.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Quill (weak sauce)

https://www.mylife.com/patrick-marmo/e502550191890