Life Remembered: Newspaperman dedicated life to helping others

URBANA – Spend some time talking to those who knew and loved Byron "By" Vedder and it's not hard to see what made him such a remarkable man..

Mr. Vedder, who died Wednesday from complications of pneumonia, lived by kindness, hard work and never-ending wit. His obituary appears on page A-4.

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