Five children, including a newborn, have no parents both after their mother and father died of COVID-19.
Terri Serey described her sister-in-law, Davy Macias, a nurse at Kaiser Permanent Fontana, as a super mother.
“He went to work, came home and every part of his day revolved around his kids,” he said.
Pregnant and unvaccinated, Macias died last month. But luckily her newborn survived.
“We call her girl Macias because she has no name,” Serey said.
She says that for several weeks since Macias’ death, they have been waiting for her husband Daniel to name their fifth child.
But he had also been battling COVID-19 in the ICU and died Thursday
The kids are at grandparents ’house and still ask for“ mom and dad, ”Serey said.
The heartache is noticeable at Rialto, where they both graduated from high school.
Daniel followed in his mother’s footsteps and became a teacher at William Jehue Middle School, located on the street of the school where his mother taught before retiring recently.
“Our staff and our students are heartbroken at the loss of Mr. Macias,” said Carolyn Eide, the principal.
He was an eighth grade math teacher and math coach for almost 20 years.
“Very smart, able to look at complex situations, divide them into solutions that make sense,” Eide said.
That’s why he was also Jehue’s AVID coordinator, who helped students prepare for college.
It was also one of the main reasons why Jehue is an award-winning school.
“His legacy will live on to the students, to the thousands of students he taught quality instruction to,” said Syeda Jafri, a spokeswoman for Rialto’s unified school district. “It’s something we have to look at in the sense that life is very short and it’s very unpredictable.
“This pandemic is not over and it is a non-discriminatory virus.”