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Cythia Hyde was no stranger to the battlefronts life can place in front of us.

As a single young mom, she fought to raise her two children when pursuing a degree and ultimate career in nursing, graduating from Purdue in 1976, said her son, Brian Jones, of Toledo, Ohio.

Jones recalls Hyde working constant red-eye shifts to support him and his younger sister Jaime in LaPorte, Indiana.

In the early 1990s, the first of significant health-care struggles Hyde would face came in the form of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

But at the time, Hyde did what her family had always seen her do. She battled through it, Jones said.

“It seems like every time Mom had a struggle or something landed in her lap, she always found a way to battle through,” Jones said.

But in the coming years, multiple sclerosis would weaken Hyde’s body and breathing capacity.

She developed COPD, a debilitating lung disorder, Jones said.

Ultimately, after a number of hospitalizations, Hyde, a LaPorte native, would make the decision to move into a Valparaiso nursing home.

For 10 years, she thrived in the facility, despite her health challenges, Jones said. Hyde was active in the Life Care Center of the Willows’ nursing home community, even serving as it’s association president.

Hyde was residing there in spring 2020 when COVID-19 began sweeping our nation.

All visitation between Hyde and her family, including her three grandchildren, stopped.

The last time she saw her family was Christmas 2019.

By March 2020, Hyde was on total lock-down in her nursing home room because her age and compromised immune system put her among the highest risk groups for death from COVID-19.

“The only people she saw in and out of that room were those nurses and the nurses aides, who brought her meals and helped her in the shower,” Jones said. “And she did her part to make sure she was protected.”

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