Dennis Simpson has been Barbering for 60 Years!
Dennis Simpson, of Simpson’s Shear Shop, in Dexter, Iowa, has been barbering 60 years, as of April 6, 2024.
That’s since 1964!
Upon graduating with the first class of Dexfield High School in 1960, Dennis received a scholarship to attend barber college and worked for a short time before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1961, serving as a barber on the USS Ranger. After his discharge, he learned that one of the two barbers in Dexter had had a heart attack. Dennis applied for a job and, after working there for a dozen year, he purchased the Dexter Barber Shop.
Dennis and Dixie Simpson have three children, six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He’s active in the community, having been a city council member for a dozen years. His daughter, Dana Vry, joined the business and they’ve worked together for 38 years.
He probably gave haircuts to Grandpa Kenneth Neal and my dad, Warren Neal. He gave son Dan his first haircut during the late 1970s at Simpson Shear Shop on Dexter’s Marshall Street.
My favorite Guy still drives to Dexter so Dennis can cut his hair. (They also talk classic cars.) Dana cuts mine.
Dennis SimpsonStory “Dexter Man Serves Country and Community as Barber for Over 60 Years” by multimedia journalist Roger Riley aired on WHO-TV.
