If some people found his constant scribbling a touch obsessive, others saw it as an aspect of his exceptional character not a symptom but a sign of his delight in the patterns that could be uncovered in compilations of data, of his intense relation to nature, his aptitude for noticing. It was hardly the case of his needing to jog an inferior memory - he could, for example, recite five hours of Paradise Lost with his eyes closed.
People said his whole life was in those cards. Hiking an unfamiliar trail, he often would log every notable bend and cutback. He would pull them out to make a note of some arresting detail: the song of a new bird, a shift in the wind, the name of a dog. For as long as anyone could remember, he had carried a sheaf of the color-coded cards in his breast pocket. Guy Waterman drew up the itinerary of his last day as he had drawn up the daily plan for thousands of less eventful days, scribbling his schedule on a three-by-five index card. To plant memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Barry Kuiper, please visit our flower store.This story first appeared in the June 2000 issue of Men’s Journal. Memorials can be directed to HEART the Wild, West Sioux Booster Club, or West Sioux Education Foundation. (Sonja) Lynott of Sioux Falls, and Elise Lynott of Dallas, TX numerous great-nieces and nephews, and other family and friends.īarry was preceded in death by his parents and his in-laws, Bernard and Bonnie Junck.
Jones of Lead, SD sisters-in-law Jolyn (Tim) Getty of Hinton and Julie Lynott of Hawarden nieces and nephews, Erin (Shane) Colley of Naperville, IL, Deanna (Shaun) Van Meeteren of Urbandale, Sheena (Royce) Van Roekel of Milford, C.J. They enjoyed spending time together golfing, playing cards, and going out on the town with friends.īarry was a proud member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and enjoyed classic cars, hunting, reading, watching football, NASCAR, old Western movies, and of course watching and playing golf.īarry is survived by his wife Jeanene sons, Mike (Angie) of Harrisburg and Matt (Kim) of Sioux Falls grandchildren, Will and Emma of Harrisburg and Calvin of Sioux Falls sister, Pam (Ned) Luecke of Deadwood, SD brother, Bradley of Des Moines niece, Sonja Jones and great-nephew A.J. In 1973, Barry married Jeanene Junck of Hinton and they were married for 46 years. In 1979, Barry and his business partner, Jake Vande Hoef, bought the Williams Insurance Agency in Hawarden that he ran until his retirement in 2017. He held a few positions before beginning a long career in insurance with Farm Bureau Insurance in Plymouth County.
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When Barry was five, the family moved to Rock Valley and started a portable feed grinder business that Barry helped with as a teenager.Īfter graduating from Rock Valley High School in 1967 Barry continued his education at Spencer School of Business, then graduated from Mankato School of Business.īarry was also in the Army National Guard, training at Fort Dix as a marksman. Condolences may be sent to Barry was born in Yankton, SD on Octoto Ted and Florence Kuiper. Funeral services will be on Friday at 10:30 am at Hawarden American Lutheran Church, ELCA, burial at the Grace Hill Cemetery, with dinner to follow at the Hawarden Community Center. Visitation with the family will be on Thursday, April 4th from 5-7 pm with a prayer service at 7 pm at Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden. Kuiper, 69, Hawarden, Iowa, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, March 30, 2019.