This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Brandy Marie Houser was determined to make every event a celebration and every day an adventure. She threw surprise parties for their birthdays. “She was the light, and she brought the fun,” her husband, Kris Houser, said in a phone interview. I’ll never be as cool as her.”Ms. Houser died on Nov. 13 at a hospital in Modesto, Calif. She was 41.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2020 18:32 UTC