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Haywood Belle
HAYWOOD BARNETT BELLE
Iowa City
Haywood Barnett Belle, 76, died peacefully Monday, March 14, 2016, at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 21, at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, with the Rev. Richard Greene officiating. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Kirkwood Room. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Rotary Foundation or the Mercy Hospital Foundation.
Haywood was born April 27, 1939, in Iowa City, the son of Kenneth and Hulette Barnett Belle. He was a graduate of City High School, where he played on the football team and played drums in the band. Haywood attended the University of Iowa and received his bachelor's degree from Parsons College. He served in the U.S. Air Force. On May 22, 1999, Haywood married Sarah Wallace in New York City.
Haywood owned and operated H.D. Short and Sons real estate and development company in Iowa City. He was a member of Life Church in Coralville, Iowa City Noon Rotary and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. He volunteered for many years with the Iowa Department of Corrections and had served on the Iowa City Board of Review and the State Historical Society of Iowa. Haywood was a member of the Friday morning breakfast club at the Iowa City Village Inn. From 1995 to 2008, Haywood was the "center line" coordinator at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC, a role he was given by his sister-in-law, Anne Wallace.
Haywood travelled throughout the U.S. and abroad, was a jazz enthusiast and loved to cook. He was proud of his Iowa City heritage and was a loving son, husband and friend to many.
Special thanks to Dr. Todd Ajax, Dr. Salaish Sarin and Dr. Stephen Schomer and the caregivers at Home Choice Senior Care.
Haywood is survived by his wife, Sarah; cousins, Lynn Evans and Phillip Evans, both of Chicago; sister-in-law, Ann-Louise Wallace of New York City; brother-in-law, Mark (Virginie) Wallace of Mill Valley, Calif.; nephew, Dustin Wallace; and his beloved black Lab, Calvin.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Audrey Wharton.
Online condolences may be directed to www.lensingfuneral.com.
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