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Immigrant who worked at Tyson's Dakota City plant for 37 years succumbs to COVID-19

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Immigrant who worked at Tyson's Dakota City plant for 37 years succumbs to COVID-19

From the Milestones in Nebraska's coronavirus fight series

Tyson plant death

Suzanne Khuninh-Nguyen, center, is flanked by her sister, Katelynn Khuninh, left, and niece, Suhn Khuninh as she holds a photo of their father and grandfather, Viengxay Khuninh, in the front yard of her parents' Dakota City home. Viengxay Khuninh, 69, died last month of COVID-19. He was a worker at Tyson Fresh Meats' Dakota City beef plant.

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DAKOTA CITY — Whenever Viengxay Khuninh and his wife, Hou, received a certificate that recognized their quality of work or celebrated one of their milestone anniversaries at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Dakota City, the couple would frame and hang it on a white wall in their kitchen near the satellite TV where he liked to watch Thai and Lao channels.

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