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Photos: Memorial for fire victims in Byron

By Howard B. Owens

I've driven down Route 262 in Byron dozens of times. I don't know why I noticed today for the first time a memorial set up to the victims of a May 2008 fire. The fire claimed the lives of four people, Sherri Reis, 51, along with her three children: Timothy Reis, 17; Emily Reis, 19; and Virginia Reis, 21.

An area resident told me, "the memorial just keeps growing year after year."

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