QUINCY (WWJ) -- A man who defied state shutdown orders in 2020 to keep his southern Michigan diner open died last week due to complications from COVID-19.
In September, John Parney, 62, was admitted to a hospital with COVID-19.
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After being discharged from the hospital and returning home, he quickly developed significant health problems that put him in the hospital, again.
After more than a two-month battle with the virus, he died on Dec. 14.
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Parney operated the Quincy Diner in Branch County's village of Quincy and kept the restaurant open in December 2020 when state officials banned dine-in business.
Parney kept the restaurant open and said at the time his wife had colon cancer so they needed the income.
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