Ottawa family overwhelmed after stranger saves memorial on tree slated for removal
An Ottawa family says it is overwhelmed with gratitude after a stranger saved a roadside memorial to a loved one that was on a tree slated for removal.
That tree, known to the family as “Stef’s tree,” bore a memorial on its trunk to Stefan Trynda, a 19-year-old man who died after crashing into it in 2001.
After standing along a road in Ottawa’s south end for years, the ash tree recently fell victim to the destructive emerald ash borer beetle and died.
A few weeks ago the City of Ottawa dispatched Blake Murray and his crew to cut down seven ash trees in the south end, with “Stef’s tree” among them.