![]() ![]() ![]() Though the virus triggered other health problems for Mammen, COVID-19 caused her death, said Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. She had no underlying medical conditions, according to her family. ![]() Statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health show that out of more than 8,300 people in Illinois who have died of the disease, only 127 have been people in their 30s. It's comparatively rare for people in their younger years to die after contracting it. “People need to know that anyone can get it, even healthy people,” says her father-in-law, Rick Mammen.Īdds her husband, “We just want people to take care of themselves and each other.”Īndrea, who died Saturday at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, is the youngest person to die of COVID-19 in the Tri-County Area, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department. “I didn’t believe in it,” says her father, Doug Smith. ![]() The Morton woman leaves behind a husband, Matt Mammen, and their 2-year-old son, Russell - along with an extended family desperate to convince naysayers that the coronavirus is by no means fake, unserious or overblown. An otherwise healthy 37-year-old mom, she was killed by COVID-19.Mammen, a clinical psychologist who loved people, made the world a brighter place.MORTON - Grieving hard, the family of Andrea Mammen wants people to know two key things about her: ![]()
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