Barry in his own words....

"I was born July 25, 1942 in the Salina, Utah Hospital.  Although I was supposed to be a girl, after two brothers before me, I was a boy anyway.  My mother gave birth to two girls after me.  So the family was complete with three boys and two girls, with me being the third child.  I went to kindergarten at the nearby Sigard school.  And when I was 6  years old, I started the first grade there.  In 1950 when I was in the second grade, with about 2 months left, our family moved from our home in Vermillion, Utah to Nampa, Idaho.  As a family we went to Nampa Third Ward to church and Kuna to School.  I went to a grade school on the corner of my Dad's land, 120 acres, at a school house called High Line.  (High Line was in the Ada County School District and closed down in 1959)  I spent four years two months at High Line and completed sixth grade. I was sent to Kuna Junior High for grades seven and eight in 1956.  Then I went to Kuna High School(the same building for grades 9-12) and graduated from there in June.

Some of my accomplishments:
1. 1957, earned my first Letter "K" in track
2. 1958-60, first string football
3. 1958, First place in District FFA in Milk Tasting
4. 1960 Received Outstanding Medal  in Track
5. 1959-1960, Student Body President at KHS
6. 1960, Graduation from Kuna High School
7. 1961, One year at BYU
8. 1961, One year on a mission in South West British Isles
9. 1962, Returned home from England because on a bicycle accident, hit by drunk driver
10. 1964, Married Sheila Marie Moon in Oakland Temple in California
11. 1991, (26 & 1/2 years later), 9 children born (3 boys and 6 girls)
12.1976, Car accident with severe head trauma, and survived it.  Learned to walk and talk all over again
13. 2003, June 17 killed day after Father's Day by a truck boom, but have 9 children who hold my name and love me.