Woman dies after spending 21 years in coma following beating by husband
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Funeral services are scheduled for a western New York woman for spent more than 21 years in a coma after being beaten by her husband.
The Buffalo News reports that 51-year-old Bernadette Jones died last Sunday of pneumonia at her family's home in the city of Niagara Falls.
The newspaper reports that her drunken husband beat her into a coma in April 1991. Jones never woke up, although family members say eventually she could open one of her eyes and move her arms.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jones spent eight months in the hospital after the beating, then was brought to her family's home, where a special room was set up for her in the basement. That's where her family cared for her for the next two decades.
Her funeral is being held Friday morning at a Niagara Falls church.