The family of Tina Fontaine said they’re touched by an outpouring of holiday support.
Fifteen-year-old Tina was found in the Red River in August. The Winnipeg Police Service called her death a homicide.
A wooden cross now marks the graves of Tina and her father.
Her great aunt, Thelma Favel, expressed a wish to have a more permanent headstone for her relatives. Favel was moved by the community support.
“I just feel so good that there’s still some good people out there in this world,” said Favel.
Favel said Tina was a generous girl, who would have been happy by the kindness being shown to her family.
“For a small, little girl, she had a great big heart. And she really cared a lot about people,” said Favel.
The St. Alexander Parish in Fort Alexander is collecting donations for Tina and her father’s headstone. Favel says leftover money will be given back to the parish.
A Queens University professor offered another holiday gesture. Elaine Power reached out to friends and family, suggesting they send cards to the Favels.
Power said she wanted to let Favel know that she had heard the family’s grief and sorrow, and that she keeps them in her thoughts.
