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Bob Hennelly

COVID comes home: A tribute to my sister

Rachel Hennelly puppeteering her marionettes (Photo courtesy of the estate of Rachel Hennelly)
This article originally appeared, in slightly different form, at Insider NJ. Used by permission.

On Oct. 20, my youngest sister, Rachel Hennelly, died in hospice care at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey.  She was 62 years old. My other sister, Jennifer, was with her. Rachel had been triumphantly battling cancer for two years, but contracted COVID at a rehabilitation facility after being transferred there from a hospital. That ended her struggle. 

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