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    After daughter's memorial tree was unexpectedly taken down, mom received support from friends and strangers. Now two trees will honor teen's life.

    by John Keilman, Chicago Tribune Jul 16, 2019 3 minutes

    The tree had grown tall since Lee Ann Meiborg planted it next to West Chicago Community High School in 2004. Towering over the roof on the building's west side, the autumn blaze maple was a living reminder of Meiborg's daughter Amanda, a West Chicago valedictorian who died from cancer a year after her graduation.

    Meiborg visited regularly, bringing flowers on her daughter's birthday, mini pumpkins on the Oct. 14 anniversary of Amanda's death and ornaments around Christmas. She pulled weeds and tended the mulch, keeping its bed tidy.

    But recently, when she stopped

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