Larry Buyert

     Larry Buyert age 67 of Sioux Center, IA died Monday, August 16, 2021, at Sioux Center Health in Sioux Center.

     A funeral service will take place at 10:30 AM, Thursday, August 19, 2021, at New Life Reformed Church in Sioux Center with Rev. Dan Kruse, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center.

     Public visitation with the family present will be Wednesday, August 18^th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

     Larry Dean Buyert was born, on April 19, 1954, to Barney and Loie (Hulstein) Buyert in Sioux Center, Iowa.  He was raised on the farm near Sioux Center and attended Sioux Center Christian School and graduated from Western Christian High School.  Larry attended Southeast Area Votech in Sioux Falls after graduation.

     Larry started his career in sales with JESCO in Sioux Center.  He held many sales positions through the years with Altena Circle Steel, Tri-State Electric, Den Hoed Greenhouse, Sioux Automation, and Central Parts & Supply.  Larry also drove truck for George Kooi, Phil Hooyer and HLH Farms.  In 2009, Larry began farming his family’s land.  He thoroughly enjoyed carrying on this heritage that his family started.

     On October 17, 1986, Larry married Kathi De Vos in Sioux Center.  To this union two sons were born, Brett and Trenton.  They made their home on an acreage near Perkins for 19 years and then near Sioux Center for 14 years.  Larry loved living in the country.  He always had horses and hunting dogs on his place. 

     Larry made friends everywhere he went and would do anything for them. He played baseball in high school and continued to play fast pitch and slow pitch softball for many years. He really enjoyed kids and loved to tease them. Sunday afternoon visits to the grandkids in Ireton were a favorite part of his week.  Larry loved tinkering in his shop. He was always working on his old muscle cars.  Larry loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing were his two favorite things. 

     Larry was a member of Bethel Church and later New Life Church of Sioux Center, Iowa.  Larry always said he felt closest to the Lord in the outdoors. 

     Larry is survived by his wife Kathi; his two sons: Brett & Jessica (Kooi) Buyert and Trenton (TJ) Buyert; grandchildren: Tinsley and Bowen Buyert;  two sisters and their husbands: Pam and Rob Kroese, and Dawn and Matt Thompson; brother and his wife, Jan and Dona Buyert; brother-in-law and his wife, Mike and Sharon De Vos as well as many nieces and nephews. 

     He was preceded in death by his parents, Barney and Loie Buyert; a brother, Gene Allen; and his parents-in-law, Jack and Dolly De Vos.