A young sculptor’s own work marks his grave

A young sculptor’s own work marks his grave

At times, walking through the cemeteries in Forest Park can feel like a visit to an art museum. Visitors find themselves surrounded by beautiful monuments and headstones with intricate engravings and poignant funerary imagery. One piece of sculpture adorning a grave in Jewish Waldheim is particularly moving, as the artist, of some renown during his lifetime, is the deceased. Cannon Ball Tree David G. Henner was born in Russia in 1898. As a nine…