Rolland E. Heywood (1882 -1933)

HEYWOOD

Posted By: Alan Nicholson
Date: 5/26/2012 at 01:16:51

Sutherland Courier (O'Brien Co.), 19 Jan 1933, p 1, Col. 4

R. E. Heywood Dies
R. E. Heywood, prominent Peterson businessman died at his home Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia. He had been ill with flu and developed pneumonia last week. He was the head of the lumber firm of Heywood Bros. and is well known in Sutherland.

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Sutherland Courier, 26 Jan 1933, p 4, Col. 5

Peterson Lumberman Dies Last Tuesday
Peterson Patriot: Rolland E. Heywood, head of the Heywood Bros. Lumber company of Peterson and one of he leading lumbermen of Northwest Iowa, died at the family home here Tuesday following an illness of less than ten days, with influenza and pneumonia. Mr. Heywood had been in the lumber business all his business life, coming here many years ago to run the local yard for the Lane-Moore Lumber company, and later went into the head office of the company at Webster City as a member of the firm. He retired from the Lane-Moore company a few years ago when he bought out the yards of the Wisconsin Lumber company in Peterson and Pioneer. Mr. Heywood was a member of the school board in Peterson. He was a member of the Masonic order and was always active in all civic and community affairs. He was an ardent outdoor man, a hunter and fisherman of unusual ability and an expert at shooting over the traps. In his younger days he was an all-around baseball player on the best team that Peterson or this community ever had.