Author Archives: Brian Fraga

She contracted COVID-19 last year and died from the disease on June 12, 2020, at Care One of New Bedford.

She graduated from New Bedford High School and socialized with friends at Lincoln Park and the Sixth Bristol Social Club — popular spots where she met her future husband.

He didn’t speak much about the war (in Vietnam), but told his nephew about how his unit had fired rounds at the enemy for 30 days straight.

He was diagnosed with COVID-19 at St. Luke’s Hospital, but his body rejected medical treatments and began to shut down. He was placed on life support on June 1, 2020, and died about two weeks later.

He was having difficulty breathing, and had to be admitted to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he tested positive for COVID-19 and died three days later on July 17, 2020.

She was 76 and living at the Alden Court Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Center in Fairhaven when she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. She died five days later at St. Luke’s Hospital.

She liked reading, attending senior citizen activities at Brooklawn Park and going to church bazaars and penny sales.

The one foe Emil Spanner couldn’t push through was COVID-19. He died from the disease on June 7, 2020.