Family of vaccinated woman blames unvaccinated death in obituary

The family of an Illinois woman blamed her death on the nation’s unvaccinated in her obituary.

The obituary begins as follows: Candace Cay (Kruger) Ayers, 66, of Springfield, died on September 3, 2021 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill. She was preceded in death by more than 4,531,799 other people infected with COVID-19. She was vaccinated but was infected by others who chose not to be. The cost was his life.

A report says Ayers was fully vaccinated in the spring, but was diagnosed with COVID-19 on July 28, according to her family.

Ayers is survived by her husband, Terry, of almost 43 years, her children Marc and Amanda as well as her three grandchildren.

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The obituary was hailed for his courage. The State Journal-Register noted a response from U.S. Senator Richard Durbin:

When I first read Candace Ayer’s obituary in the SJ-R, I was taken by the courage of her family to remind all of us that we are together in this pandemic.

They wrote: “She was preceded in death by more than 4,531,799 other people infected with COVID-19. She was vaccinated but was infected by others who chose not to be. The cost was his life.

Your front page article (September 12) on this obituary told a heartwarming story of Candace’s life and her family’s determination to beg all of us to help spare other families the pain of this tragic loss of life.

This pandemic and the deadly variants the virus will spawn will not be stopped until more Americans are vaccinated.