COVID-19 has been unveiled in Vancouver’s West End.The memorial, located at a bus stop near the intersection of Davie and Thurlow streets, includes a photo of Samantha Monckton and her father, who died in April after contracting the novel coronavirus.Garry Monckton, who was blind and also suffered from dementia, lived at Haro Park Centre and was a longtime resident of the West End.Samantha says she played “Blue Moon” and “When the Saints Go Marching In” on the trumpet for her 77-year-old father outside his long-term-care facility because she couldn’t visit him during his final days.
How 125 health workers cared for one Vancouver COVID-19 patient from ICU to recovery “My dad would have been really pleased to have been honoured like this,”.