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Summary
- BRANCH COUNTY, MI – A diner owner who kept his restaurant open in defiance of state shutdowns has died after more than a two-month battle with COVID-19.
- He owned the Quincy Diner, 174 E. Chicago St. (U.S. 12) in the village of Quincy.
- He kept the restaurant open in December 2020, in violation of the partial shutdown ordered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
- Related: ‘I’d have lost the business.’ Southern Michigan diner open for dine-in customers despite ban“My wife’s fighting stage-four colon cancer,” Pareny said in December 2020.
- In addition to running the Quincy Diner, Parney worked full time at FireKeepers Casino and Hotel.