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![Brenda Daye-Wilson looks at a quilt made to honor her brother, officer Broderick Daye, in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/141c0c1b-50cb-448e-a725-d5d2fe0c6af7-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0009.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brenda Daye-Wilson looks at a quilt made to honor her brother, officer Broderick Daye, in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![From left, Brian Daye, Breon Daye and Brenda Daye-Wilson pose for a photo in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/513ff7b7-09ed-4527-91ac-a33a6bec559e-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0019.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
From left, Brian Daye, Breon Daye and Brenda Daye-Wilson pose for a photo in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Brian Daye shares a story with his sibling Brenda Daye-Wilson in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lives in the family home that once belonged to another brother, officer Broderick Daye, who died in August 2021 of COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/f9276b6c-c3d0-4da8-8597-b71e65af76a3-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0014.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brian Daye shares a story with his sibling Brenda Daye-Wilson in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lives in the family home that once belonged to another brother, officer Broderick Daye, who died in August 2021 of COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Bryce Mansa Wilson's photo sits among other family photos at the home of his mother, Brenda Daye-Wilson, at her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Bryce Wilson died in April 2020 from COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/3eedd921-0892-4fc8-9f26-e6226113c419-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0007.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Bryce Mansa Wilson's photo sits among other family photos at the home of his mother, Brenda Daye-Wilson, at her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Bryce Wilson died in April 2020 from COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Brian Daye, Brenda Daye-Wilson and Breon Daye pose for a photo in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/d736d7b3-2f63-4d34-a99c-89d34b9f9fb5-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0020.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brian Daye, Brenda Daye-Wilson and Breon Daye pose for a photo in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Memorabilia honoring officer Broderick Daye sit among family photos at the home of his sister Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Broderick died in August 2021 from COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/b62b5f3c-3e32-45f4-b831-2ec09a8fee8a-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0006.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Memorabilia honoring officer Broderick Daye sit among family photos at the home of his sister Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Broderick died in August 2021 from COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Memorabilia honoring officer Broderick Daye sit among family photos at the home of his sister Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Broderick died in August 2021 from COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/e393ab7a-bdc4-43cc-a66a-1d739d76a00c-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0004.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Memorabilia honoring officer Broderick Daye sit among family photos at the home of his sister Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Broderick died in August 2021 from COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Officer Broderick Daye's Supreme Sacrifice Medal of Honor sits among family photos at the home of his sister Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Broderick died in August 2021 from COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/b74959f6-dd3d-4e43-8549-243863700ca7-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0002.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Officer Broderick Daye's Supreme Sacrifice Medal of Honor sits among family photos at the home of his sister Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Broderick died in August 2021 from COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Brian Daye, Brenda Daye-Wilson and Breon Daye pose for a photo in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/0a6d7fe4-713a-4034-aa1e-a3673a5320b5-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0017.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brian Daye, Brenda Daye-Wilson and Breon Daye pose for a photo in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![First United Methodist Church Quilters of Cedar Rapids made a memory quilt for officer Broderick Daye's family. It's in the home of Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines, shown on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/bb95b5a5-0c22-434b-80dd-9bdad542e454-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0008.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
First United Methodist Church Quilters of Cedar Rapids made a memory quilt for officer Broderick Daye's family. It's in the home of Brenda Daye-Wilson in east Des Moines, shown on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and brother to COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Brian Daye, center, talks with his siblings Brenda Daye-Wilson and Breon Daye in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lives in the family home that once belonged to another brother, officer Broderick Daye, who died in August 2021 of COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/c111c941-5151-4712-97f0-d69f8f28007a-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0012.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brian Daye, center, talks with his siblings Brenda Daye-Wilson and Breon Daye in Brenda's home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lives in the family home that once belonged to another brother, officer Broderick Daye, who died in August 2021 of COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Brian Daye shares a story with his sibling Brenda Daye-Wilson in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lives in the family home that once belonged to another brother, officer Broderick Daye, who died in August 2021 of COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/7d5408d4-e2b5-44d2-8e6c-ac5ad80459cd-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0015.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brian Daye shares a story with his sibling Brenda Daye-Wilson in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lives in the family home that once belonged to another brother, officer Broderick Daye, who died in August 2021 of COVID-19.
Margaret Kispert/The Register![Brenda Daye-Wilson is shown in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and a brother to COVID-19.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2022/09/15/PDEM/f8a8ca64-f17f-4300-b1aa-ef215d7e244f-09142022-DayeFamily-MMK0010.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brenda Daye-Wilson is shown in her home in east Des Moines on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Daye-Wilson lost both her son and a brother to COVID-19.
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