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SHARE A MESSAGE WITH OTHERS IN THE SAME POSITION, THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THEIR LOVED ONES LIVES, NOT HOW THEY DIED. >> SHE HAD THIS WELCOMING HEART AND, IT DIDN’T MATTER WHO IT WAS. SERA: SANDY KRAKOW OF MIDDLETON DEVOTED HER LIFE TO TAKING CARE OF OTHERS AS A REGISTERED NURSE, AND IN HER LAST DAYS, SHE RELIED ON OTHER NURSES TO CARE FOR HER. >> THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD. BUT THERE IS NO TREATMENT, NO CURE. SERA: HER HUSBAND IRA TELLS US THAT HIS 69-YEAR-OLD WIFE SUCCUMBED TO CORONAVIRUS IN LATE >> WE COME TOGETHER IN A SPECIAL WAY. SERA: HER FUNERAL HELD VIA ZOOM TO ENSURE EVERYONE REMAINS ISOLATED, MORE THAN 100 ATTENDED FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MISS MOST ABOUT YOUR WIFE? >> HER PRESENCE. >> WE WERE -- WE WERE INSEPARABLE. SERA: IRA KRAKOW IS GOING PUBLIC, TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BEHIND THE INCREASING STATISTICS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOVED. IRA: SHE’S NOT JUST VICTIM NUMBER 15 OR WHATEVER IT IS. YOU CAN SEE THESE STATS, AND YOU CAN’T REALLY RELATE TO AN INDIVIDUAL. SERA: LIKE SO MANY COVID PATIENTS, SANDY WAS PLACED ON A VENTILATOR, HER FAMILY COULD NOT BE AT HER SIDE DUE TO RESTRICTIONS. BUT IRA HOPES OTHER FAMILIES TAKE SOME COMFORT FROM HIS EXPERIENCE. >> YOU SHOULD REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONE THE WAY THEY LIVED, 60, FOR THE 59 YEARS AND

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A local man who lost his wife to COVID-19 is urging people to remember victims as they lived, not how they died.Sandy Krakow of Middleton devoted her life to taking care of others as a registered nurse. In her last days, she relied on other nurses to care for her.“They did everything they could, but there is no treatment, no cure,” her husband Ira Krakow said.He said Sandy, 69, died of COVID-19 in late March. With current social distancing restrictions in place, her funeral was held via Zoom. More than 100 attended from all around the world to celebrate her life.“We were kind of inseparable,” Ira Krakow said.Ira Krakow said behind the increasing statistics, there are people who are loved.“She's not just victim number 15 or whatever it is. You can see these stats, and you can't really relate to an individual,” he said. Like so many COVID-19 patients, Sandy was placed on a ventilator and her family could not be at her side due to restrictions.But Ira Krakow hopes other families take some comfort from his experience.“You should remember your loved one the way they lived. Say they lived for 60 years … for the 59 years and 11 weeks that they lived, you should remember that and smile,” he said.