Tree planted in memory of COVID deaths at Newhaven Court
BUTLER TWP — Edie Johnston has a growing reminder of her late-husband, Ray Johnston, who died of COVID-19 in November at the age of 90.
Johnston, a resident of Newhaven Court at Clearview, helped plant a cherry blossom tree in the backyard Monday during an event organized to memorialize the 15 residents of the facility who died of COVID-19.
Johnston said the tree was a good reminder of her husband.
“It’s wonderful to have this right outside,” she said. “He was so perfectly well and never sick, and then he passed right here. I think they did a good job with the tree.”
Many staff members and administrators of Newhaven Court joined the outdoor ceremony, which was organized by the assisted living facility’s Fun Team, as the names of residents who died of COVID were read.
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