Barry Russell Geise, 80, died Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Husband of Nancy Guyton Geise, Barry was born January 29, 1940, and raised in Grand Mound, IA, as the son of Lois and Bert, Jr, older brother of Lynn, and cousin and nephew to the Geise and Barber families. He is father of Lucian Downs Geise (Amy) of Nashville, TN, and Amy Blair Merkle (John) of Edmond, OK; husband and widower of Sarah Choate Geise, stepfather of Joe Guyton, James Seth (Lorella) and Vestie Mae Jennings. He treasured his grandchildren Boden Zane, Carter Andrew, Maxwell Vaughn, Benjamin Maddux, Molly Elizabeth, Isabella Claire, James Samuel and Jackson Cole; and he enjoyed being Uncle Barry to the Dawn Barr and Jay Hawthorne families.