Dennis Dale Barlow

Dennis Dale Barlow died on Oct. 17, 2015.

A memorial service was held on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at Starrett Funeral Home Chapel.

Denny was born Jan. 17, 1949, to Dale and Doris Barlow at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Iowa.  He attended and graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1967.  Three weeks after his high school graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Vietnam.  In 1970, he was honorably discharged and moved to Tucson, Az.

Denny obtained his Associates of Applied Science at Pima Community College in 1984.  He then moved to Osaka, Japan in 1984 and taught English at Soka High School for four years.  In 1989, Denny moved back to Seattle, Wash. for a year, then moved again to Portland, Ore. where he worked for Fujitsu, as a field service engineer.  He also worked for Althin Medical as a field service engineer, where he fixed kidney dialysis machines.  In 2003, he started his own business, “DBSolutionsNW” where he worked as a consultant for Software Configuration Management in IT departments to various companies, including USAA.  That same year, Denny moved to San Antonio, Texas.  In 2009, he started to work for Information Innovators Inc.

Of all Denny’s travels his favorite destination was Australia and he even had dreams of retiring there.  He enjoyed many hobbies and activities, such as singing, gadgets, playing racing video games, skydiving, even the occasional TV suspense/drama or NASCAR races.  His absolute passion was to ride “Roxanne,” his beloved Harley.

Denny is survived by his fiance, Nancy Bower, of Helotes, Texas; three children, James (Jenny) Barlow, Emily Barlow, and Pamela (Mark) Amayao, all of Portland, Ore.; two grandchildren, Andre Amayao and D’Angelo Balboa-Barlow; three brothers, Don Barlow, Paris, Texas, Irvin (Jane) Barlow, Longview, Texas, and Larry (Linda) Barlow, Clear Lake; several nieces and nephews, Donna (Mike) Craid, Gwen Schumacher, Richard (YounSuk) Barlow, James (Becky) Barlow, Jud (Shonna) Barlow, Kim (Darin) Berger, Greg (Faith) Barlow, John (Cherri) Barlow, Teresa (Ernie) Klein, Joe (Becky) Barlow, Sheila (Kirk) Groeneweg; and several grandnephews and grandnieces, as well as great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dale Barlow; mother, Doris Barlow; brother, Raymond Barlow; two sister-in-laws, Sharon and Helen Barlow; four uncles, Everett, Herb, Walt, and Art; nephew, James Keith Barlow; and great-grandnephew, Owen Klein.