THE memory of a "most caring" mum and wife will be remembered at an event this Easter Sunday.
Loving mum-of-three and wife Linda Fraser died last October after suffering a heart attack at Thatto Heath railway station.
Linda, a former worker at Waterfields Bakery in St Helens, was aged 63 when she passed away at Whiston Hospital on October 19, eight days after suffering the heart attack.
Her family, who run event planners Fraser's Events, are now looking to raise funds for a defibrillator at the station.
Linda, from Thatto Heath, was married to husband Alec for 38 years and had three children, Zoe, Adam and Liam.
Linda, with Alec
Son Adam says it took 25 minutes to get Linda's heart started and if a defibrillator had been nearby she could have been saved.
Adam says a defibrillator would cost around £1,500 and a special event has been organised to take place at Thatto Heath Park on Easter Sunday to raise money towards it.
Taking place from noon to 3pm the event will include stalls and activities for all the family to enjoy, Easter fun for children; CPR classes; eating healthy and staying healthy stalls; emergency stalls; fun fair; face painting and health checks.
Adam said: "The mayor and mayoress will open the event by soaking me in the stocks.
"Also the fun will continue across the road after the event at the Springfield pub were there will be a karaoke and a tombola.
"And hopefully food will be served."
He added: "We don't want another family to go through what we did."
Linda Fraser
"Northern Rail don't have their defibrillators on their trains or at the smaller stations and we believe Thatto Heath library was the closest place that had a defibrillator and that was closed on a Thursday so we couldn't access it.
"It is easy to access Thatto Heath station and anyone can get to it.
"We hope it will be a fitting event in her memory and the following Friday would have been her birthday.
"Raising the money would mean a lot to us and if we saved one or two lives it would mean the world to us."
The family are asking the public to walk to the event and have a health MOT while there.
Everyone is welcome.
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