The Lives of Jefferson County: 2020

It is tempting, in a time like this, to lose track of life, to get caught up in drama, and to imagine that our world is an unending stream of traumatic headlines, a cacophany of big bangs.

Our reality is different, of course. It is quieter, and it does not lurch from cataclysm to catalcysm. It is stitched from countless small acts by the family, friends, and neighbors who we care for, and who care for us.

The people you see above are those whose obituaries appeared in The Monitor in the past year. Behind each of them is a story.