Winston Tyler, father of Rae Tyler, who died in an encampment fire in March that also killed Jonathan Calhoun, doesn't want his daughter being memorialized by the tragic sight of charred remnants left from the fire that killed her. Motivated by the thought of Rae's three young children, Winston pulled together community members to create a garden in her memory. "They're going to eventually come down here and want to know where their mother died," he said.
"I didn't want them to see a charred, bad area ...
I don't know, maybe Rae was talking to me." Winston recently unveiled the Rae of Sunshine memorial garden in the spot where the fire occurred, named after his daughter. Winston Tyler was motivated to create the garden for his daughter's three young children.
(Graham Thompson/CBC) He has been planning the garden since the weeks following his daughter's death in the late March fire on Paradise Row. The garden is also dedicated to Jonathan Calhoun, who died in the same fire, and Evan McArthur, who died in an encampment fire in January in the same area. WATCH | Winston Tyler wants something beautiful to remember his daughter by: Memorial garden honours victims of encampment fires in Saint John 54 minutes ago Duration 2:24 The Rae of Sunshine memorial garden honours three people who died in tent fires this past winter: Evan McArthur, Jonathan Calhoun and Rae Anne Tyler.
Winston Tyler, Rae Anne’s father, hopes it will also spread awareness of homelessness, addiction and mental h.
