Barney Levenspiel

In loving memory

Born August 18, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: With a sister only 13 months older, Mary Jo had her hands full with two babies.
Graduated from Corvallis High School, 1972: In second grade Barney skipped a grade so he and his sister, Bekki, have been in the same grade since.
Colleges: He started at Grinnell, Iowa where they had the best steak and sundae meals, then spent a year at Wasada University becoming fluent in Japanese. Upon returning he attended and graduated from Carlton College.
Labo: He began work for Labo in 1982. He loved working with and organizing thousands of Japanese and North American youth to give each one a pleasant and rewarding visit to a new country.
Dialysis: Barney began dialyzing in 1989 after a slow and total loss of kidney function. He dialyzed for 14 years. He was on a waiting list for a transplant for years and when the call came Jan 2003, he was ready for a change. A new life without dialysis outweighed the risks from the surgery that he was willing to take. Unfortunately, those risks were greater than his body could cope with.