Sunday, September 14, 2008

Sheena's Garden







If you're attending the 100th Anniversary of West Park in Allentown today, or the next time you're at West Park, stop by Sheena's Garden and say hi. Sheena's Garden is located right next to the band shell stage on the north side and it's also right next to where Sheena used to park her VW Jetta Trek; Sheena's mom and 2 of Sheena's 3 brothers live nearby. Sheena's memorial tree and plaque were arranged with The City by Sheena family friend Greg Palmer. It's also Greg who plants and maintains the beautiful Sheena Villa Memorial Garden at West Park. It's a beautiful tribute to a wonderful girl who is deeply missed by the many people who will always love Sheena Villa.

5 comments:

Bill Villa said...

And don't miss Bernie O'Hare's tribute to me, Sheena's Dad, it's a new blog Bernie lovingly calls "The Troll Parade" ...

> http://trollparade.blogspot.com/

Be sure to tell Bernie what you think of it, thanks ...

Mrs. Dottie said...

RE: The Troll Parade and Bernie O'Hare:

Only a sadist would create a blog to besmirch the memory of a wonderful girl who was violently killed by a remorseless, spoiled brat drunk. That awful blog he and attorney Najarian created goes way beyond personal insults.

Mrs. Dottie said...

Forgot to mention:

Photos by Gianni Villa, age 7, Sheena's youngest brother

Anonymous said...

But that's just Bernie O'hare, hate blogger. that's what he does, and he's proud of himself

Bill Villa said...

When Sheena was born, her mother Barbara and I lived in an apartment in the 1500 block of Turner Street, right across the street from the north border of West Park. We used to stroller baby Sheena around West Park every day and Sheena took her first "street steps" in West Park. When Sheena was killed, she was living in the 100 block of West Street, right across the alley from the west border of West Park.

The tree that was planted by The City right next to where Sheena used to park her VW Jetta was actually planted there as a memorial to someone else, but was planted in the "wrong place." Greg Palmer persuaded The City to leave the mistakenly planted tree where it was and to dedicate it to Sheena.

Sometimes it's very easy to believe that there are no "coincidences" in life.

Sheena's Tree and Memorial Garden were meant to be in West Park.