Article: Wood you know it

BLOOMINGTON - Roger Dyson savored the feel and smell as he ran his fingers over a large piece of wood in his workshop.

Dyson comes into contact with a lot of wood as he makes boats, trains and wagons. It's a hobby that keeps the 90-year-old mentally and physically sharp.

He sometimes works until midnight.

"He stays very busy," said daughter Judy Archer-Helbling, who lives in Normal. Dyson's wife, Dorothy, also 90, lives in a McLean County nursing home.

Dyson has lived in Bloomington since 1996 and has energy despite two back surgeries and a heart bypass. He once owned a commercial construction company in Wisconsin, where he built churches, schools and government buildings.

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