Smack-dab in the middle of Oak Hill Cemetery in southeast Cedar Rapids is the headstone for Byron H. McKeeby, a Cedar Rapidian who is likely to be unsurpassed in fame, or at least recognition. His final resting place is adjacent to artist Marvin Cone’s and just a stone’s toss from tombstones and mausoleums for the city’s founding fathers and early industry titans whose names you might recognize: Greene, Cherry, Hall and Sinclair.
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By Joe Coffey, The History Center, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Wed, 07/24/2019 - 6:05pm
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