Death has been a large part of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But during the seemingly endless news updates, we don’t often hear about what happens after. For Meghan Klinger, a funeral director and embalmer at the Mark D. Heintzelman funeral home, death is a part of everyday life. It’s typical for her to attend multiple funerals a week, but now with coronavirus limiting the number of attendings, the funeral industry has been forced to make changes to their routines.

Bio:

Caitlin Lee is a senior photojournalism major. She has worked as a photographer and photo editor at the Daily Collegian during her four years at Penn State. She has also worked as a visuals intern at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and participated in the student newsroom at the 2019 Online News Association conference in New Orleans.

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Photo by Caitlin Lee.

Theme music is Upbeat Party by Scott Holmes on Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Inspiring__Upbeat_Music/Scott_Holmes_-_Upbeat_Party