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Richard (Dick) Joseph Huinker, 71, of Monona died Monday, August 6, 2018 at Veteran\u2019s Memorial Hospital in Waukon after a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure. He was born October 27, 1946 to Irvin and Stella (Tepesch) Huinker in Postville, the oldest of four kids. He was both baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick\u2019s Catholic Church in Monona where he continued to be an active member the rest of his time with us.<\/p>\n
Dick graduated high school from MFL and later attended Coleman Institute in LaCrosse, WI where he studied auto mechanics.\u00a0 If you caught Dick in a particularly reflective moment, he enjoyed sharing stories of staying in Monona as long as he could on the weekends to be with his \u201csweet pea\u201d, Doralee, and driving as fast as he could back to LaCrosse with $10 in his pocket to cover cheese and lettuce sandwiches for the week.\u00a0 After 6 months, he was told by the instructors he should be the one teaching classes, not the other way around, so he returned to Iowa.<\/p>\n
After leaving school, Dick was united in marriage to the love of his life, Doralee Bollman, on September 29, 1965 in Caledonia, MN.\u00a0 Over the course of the next 17 years, they were blessed with three wonderful children and one little brat.\u00a0 No pointing fingers at who the brat is.<\/p>\n
Dick started his career as an auto mechanic in Waukon and later moved to Monona to sell cars at Huinker Chevrolet.\u00a0 One of Dick\u2019s proudest moments was becoming a third generation owner of Huinker Chevrolet with his purchase in 1992 from his dad and uncles.\u00a0 Over the course of the next 13 years, Dick and Doralee enjoyed the privilege of traveling the world through awards received from Chevrolet due to Dick\u2019s success as a salesman and owner.\u00a0 If you look closely, you\u2019ll likely still see vehicles with the Huinker Chevrolet logo wherever Dick thought they\u2019d look best on each new model.<\/p>\n
While the dealership was a fixture in his life, Dick made sure each Wednesday afternoon he could leave work to golf and play euchre with his regular buddies at Tri-City Country Club in Luana.\u00a0 He spent a lot of time at Tri-City with his dad, wife, kids, and friends playing sometimes 5-6 days a week and eventually serving as President of the board.<\/p>\n
One thing that you might not know about Dick was that he was an incredible teacher.\u00a0 He could teach you how to land a bluegill, when to shoot the moon in a game of euchre, properly wash a car, find a great deal on a clearance rack, mow a lawn, shovel snow , but most importantly, how to give.\u00a0 Dick was well known for moving snow and mowing lawn for many homes in his retirement, almost always without ever needing to be asked.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be fooled though, whenever Dick gave, he received more in return as one of his top joys in life was seeing a genuine look of surprise and appreciation on a recipient\u2019s face.<\/p>\n
Dick and Doralee were blessed with 14 years of retirement together where they loved spending their days traveling, going for cruises in their convertibles, enjoying meals at their favorite restaurants, arguing over the thermostat, and most importantly, spending time with their ten grandchildren.\u00a0 Dick loved his grandchildren very much, often saying in his last months how much joy they brought him despite his worsening circumstances.<\/p>\n
Dick is survived by his mother, Stella Huinker of Monona;\u00a0 his loving wife of fifty-two plus years, Doralee Huinker of Monona; four children, Wendy (Patrick) Vance of Dubuque; \u00a0Kevin Huinker (Jackie Schiffler) of Monona, Eric (Jennifer) Huinker of Grimes and Ryan (Jamie) Huinker of West Des Moines; ten grandchildren, Greg, Whitney, Bailey and Macy Vance, Devin and Storm Huinker, Kaylee and Allen Huinker and Dawson and Cole Huinker; siblings, Mary Lou (James) Henkes of Monona, Ann (Ken) Keehner of Farmersburg and Robert (Renae) Huinker of Lawler.<\/p>\n
He was preceded in death by his hero, role model, friend and father, Irvin Huinker, who left us in 1998.<\/p>\n
Visitation will be held from 4-7 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Monona, Iowa. There will also be a one hour visitation before mass at the church on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Monona, Iowa with Rev. Nils de Jesus Hernandez as the celebrant.<\/p>\n
Burial will follow at St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Monona, Iowa.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the St. Patrick Building Fund.<\/p>\n
Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Monona, Iowa is helping the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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