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East Boston, MA - 4/28/20 - Funeral director Joe Ruggiero, the second generation to run his family's business, and apprentice funeral director Nick Verrocchi, (R) move a casket inside a makeshift storage area. In normal times the room is used as a tribute room where families could gather, have some coffee and regroup but with a surge in COVID-19 deaths, the room had to be temporarily repurposed. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

East Boston, MA - 4/28/20 - Funeral director Joe Ruggiero, the second generation to run his family's business, and apprentice funeral director Nick Verrocchi, (R) move a casket inside a makeshift storage area. In normal times the room is used as a tribute room where families could gather, have some coffee and regroup but with a surge in COVID-19 deaths, the room had to be temporarily repurposed. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)