The Final Frontline

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Kearns family funeral business was founded in New York City in the year 1900. Over 120 years, the family has seen a lot of history. Patrick Kearns and Paul Kearns-Stanley are the owners. After 4 months, they finally had a chance to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it's looked from their corner of New York. They sat down together on a recent evening — at the end of a long work day — in their funeral home in Queens.

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Music this week from Blue Dot Sessions and “Hunker Down” by Big Dudee Roo.

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0:58.0	This is Radio Diaries.
0:59.0	I'm Joe Richmond.
1:00.7	This is episode 7 of our series, hununker Down Diaries, stories about ordinary life in extraordinary times.
1:07.0	Today on the show, The Final Front Line. The Kearns Family Funeral Business was founded in New York City in the year
1:19.5	1900. Over 120 years the family has seen a lot of history.
1:24.0	Patrick Kearns and Paul Kearns Stanley are the owners.
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