And you're in a different place every day and not around the same people all the time. From one bucket truck and a pickup, the service grew to include the bucket, a residential truck, two chippers, a stump grinder, a one-ton truck, a wood splitter and a service truck. Tree service is a physical job. Ms. Williams' previous job, as a sliver handler at PPG - didn't involve any strength, she said. From April until the morning he died, Putnam helped run the business from his Hospice bed, his wife said.
Mother does all the book work, making the bills out, insurance quotes and things like that.
Putnam's last day at the job was Jan. 23, the day before his final surgery. Ms. Williams took over his duties at that point and encountered one big change. I always worked with the crew. I didn't have to do any of the planning, just be there every day for work. For a brief time after Putnam's death, his wife wondered how the business would survive, she said.