Saying goodbye to a loved one is always hard. Grieving during a pandemic is even harder. Ever since the coronavirus hit North Texas, people have had to change the way they mourn, says North Dallas ...

“We’re all exhausted,” says funeral home director Rick Jaynes, with wife Laura at Jaynes Memorial Chapel in Duncanville. “All of our vendors, the gravediggers, the cemetery staff.” Lola Gomez / The ...

The death toll in the Rio Grande Valley is forcing funeral directors to buy refrigerated trucks and bypass traditional services such as velorios. Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Supported ...