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OBITUARY

Bob was a lifelong resident of Renfrew, and proprietor at Wood Works
of Renfrew. He served as an executive and president of the Lumber and
Building Materials Association of Ontario (LBMAO). Known as a friend to
many in his community including those he skied and golfed with. Bob
was also a car and motor cycle enthusiast, and enjoyed time at the family
cottage.

Dave Campbell’s Reminiscences of Bob
It was with great sadness that I found out that Bob Lockwood had passed
away. He was a great friend and tireless supporter of the Association and an
active board member. I had the privilege of working with Bob when he was
the Chair of the Association 2012-13.
For those of us who got to know Bob, we recognized that he had a very
interesting sense of humor. Bob and I travelled together on Association
business several times and I can tell you I never stopped laughing at his
sometimes corny jokes and politically incorrect take on life. Yes, he was one
of a kind!
Bob thoroughly enjoyed a game of golf and had many friends local as
well as in the industry who he entertained on the golf course. Many a golf
tournament ended in the evening over a bottle of scotch with Bob and his
many friends sitting around a fire or in a cottage fixing all the problems of
Robert "Bob" Lockwood the world and the industry. After a few libations the jokes got wilder and
not for the weak hearted! You really needed a sense of humor to appreciate
Past LBMAO Chair Bob’s take on life.
Bob loved the building supply industry and owned and operated a
Wood Works of Renfrew lumber yard in Renfrew, Ontario until he sold the business and semi-retired.
To keep busy he delivered medications for local hospitals. As Bob would say,
” yep, I’m a drug dealer now! And livin’ the dream.”
t is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert After leaving the building supply industry Bob's greatest love in life
I“Bob” Lockwood on March 25, 2023 at the Renfrew Victoria became his grandchildren. We chatted may times on the phone about
Hospital. He was the proud father of John (Amie) and James their antics and how they made his life more bearable. Bob was one of
(Jenna) and grandsons Blake, Finley and Landon, and step those characters in life that kept the rest of us laughing and forgetting our
granddaughter Izzy. He was the caring brother of Thom (Taber) own challenges. Regardless of however he was feeling in the last several
and Dianne Abigail (Clyde) and the devoted son of the late John months, he always had a joke or story to tell that made you laugh.
R. and Agnes (nee Fishenden). He will be missed!

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Atlas Polar ......................................................................................................5 Home Hardware ..........................................................................................9
Best Distribution .........................................................................................7 Nicholson and Cates Limited ................................inside back cover

Canada Fastening Corporation .....................................................12,13 Nu-Forest Products (Canada) Inc. ......................................................15
Castle Building Centres Group ..........................outside back cover Polytarp Products ................................................................................................11
Gillfor ..............................................................................inside front cover

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