The co-owner of a Sarnia hair shop that celebrated 50 years in business just last year, has died from COVID-19.
Antonietta Palombo passed away at Bluewater Health on Thursday, at the age of 73, due to sudden complications from the virus.
Mrs. Palombo and her husband of 55 years, own and operate Franco's Hair Studio on Colborne Road which reached its 50-year milestone in 2019.
Born in Vicalvi, Italy, Mrs. Palombo came to Sarnia in 1965.
A private family cemetery remembrance service will be held at Resurrection Mausoleum.
The family sends its sincere heartfelt thanks to the nurses and doctors at Bluewater Health for all their care, especially doctors Cucarola and Haddad.
Memorial donations can be made to the Bluewater Health I.C.U., 89 Norman St., Sarnia, N7T 6S3.
Messages of condolence and memories may be left at www.mckenzieblundy.com.
Mayor Mike Bradley said in a social media post Thursday that Antonietta Palombo was a wonderful woman, and that the local deaths from COVID-19 impact all of us.
"In a community of this size, when there is a death many of us know the family or know the person and so that wears on people too," said Bradley. "I hope that people realize the things that we're doing, whether it be the boat ramp or no backyard fires, are small things, small sacrifices."