Grief in the time of coronavirus is complicated by pandemic-fueled anxiety and loss of ritual
BY KIM CHATELAIN | Contributing Writer On Oct. 29, Lisa Marks lost her beloved sister Barbara to coronavirus. Barbara Bourque was the oldest of six sisters in a Lafayette family and had been like a second mother to Marks, who is 20 years younger. Bourque began feeling ill and was admitted to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center on Oct. 7. She tested positive for the coronavirus, was put on a ventilator Oct. 24 and died five days later, isolated from her family. She was 62. In May, a...
