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BYRNE, William J.
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BYRNE, William J. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 4, 1921--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 12, 1987). Byrne, owner and operator of the Bartels and Byrne Engineering Company, was Dubuque County Engineer for eighteen years and served as president of the Dubuque and Wapello county chapters of the Iowa Engineering Society.
Byrne co-developed the site of the Holiday Inn and Table Mound Park and was a director of the Dubuque County Fair Board for twenty years.